Acila (Truncacila) taliaferroi Schenck 1936 (divaricate nutclam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Synonym: Nucula (Acila) hamiltonensis Clark 1932 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. G. Schenck. 1936. Nuculid bivalves of the genus Acila. Geological Society of America Special Paper 4:1-149

Belongs to Acila (Truncacila) according to H. G. Schenck 1936

See also Clark 1932

Sister taxa: Acila (Truncacila) allisoni, Acila (Truncacila) bellula, Acila (Truncacila) bivirgata, Acila (Truncacila) blancoensis, Acila (Truncacila) castrensis, Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae, Acila (Truncacila) conradi, Acila (Truncacila) dalli, Acila (Truncacila) decisa, Acila (Truncacila) demessa, Acila (Truncacila) galinae, Acila (Truncacila) grahami, Acila (Truncacila) haidana, Acila (Truncacila) hokkaidoensis, Acila (Truncacila) jucunda, Acila (Truncacila) moneronica, Acila (Truncacila) muta, Acila (Truncacila) nagaoi, Acila (Truncacila) nehalemensis, Acila (Truncacila) osugii, Acila (Truncacila) princeps, Acila (Truncacila) rosaria, Acila (Truncacila) schencki, Acila (Truncacila) shumardi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Alaska collections)

• Oligocene of United States (3: Alaska)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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