Antigona kelloggi Hanna 1927 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Pitar kelloggi

Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398

Belongs to Antigona according to M. A. Hanna 1927

See also Givens and Kennedy 1979

Sister taxa: Antigona (Antigona), Antigona (Periglypta), Antigona (Ventricola), Antigona aglaurae, Antigona carrizoensis, Antigona granosa, Antigona lamellacea, Antigona willisi

Type specimen: UCMP 31102

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (8: California collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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