†Pulvinites lawrencei Ward and Waller 1988 (oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Full reference: L. W. Ward and T.R. Waller. 1988. A new species of Pulvinites (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the upper Paleocene Paspotansa Member of the Aquia Formation in Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 62(1):51-55
Belongs to Pulvinites according to L. W. Ward and T.R. Waller 1988
Sister taxa: Pulvinites adansoni, Pulvinites antarctica, Pulvinites californica, Pulvinites pacifica
Type specimen: USNM 398522, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is Belvedere Beach, which is in a Thanetian interdistributary bay sandstone in the Aquia Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Belvedere Beach
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