Portlandia (Portlandia) mortuasusensis Clark and Woodford 1927

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Alternative combination: Yoldia mortuasusensis

Full reference: B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford. 1927. The geology and paleontology of the type section of the Meganos Formation (lower Middle Eocene) of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 17(2):63-142

Belongs to Portlandia (Portlandia) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Clark and Woodford 1927

Sister taxa: Portlandia (Portlandia) markleyensis, Portlandia (Portlandia) mosesi, Portlandia (Portlandia) packardi

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc3577, Dry Creek, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 3577, Dry Creek

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