Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Full reference: H. G. Schenck. 1943. Acila princeps, a new Upper Cretaceous Pelecypod from California. Journal of Paleontology 17(1):60-68
Belongs to Acila (Truncacila) according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2006
See also Schenck 1943
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) osugii, Acila (Truncacila) rosaria, Acila (Truncacila) schencki, Acila (Truncacila) shumardi
Type specimen: CAS 69075. Its type locality is LSJU 2372, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Moreno Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (3: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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