Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182
Belongs to Spondylus according to R. L. Squires and R. Demetrion 1990
See also Loel and Corey 1932 and Moore 1987
Sister taxa: Spondylus (Corallospondylus), Spondylus (Spondylus), Spondylus americanus, Spondylus angolensis, Spondylus aratus, Spondylus barbatus, Spondylus batequensis, Spondylus bifrons, Spondylus bostrychites, Spondylus buchi, Spondylus calcaratus, Spondylus calcifer, Spondylus candidus, Spondylus carlosensis, Spondylus cassianus, Spondylus castus, Spondylus chipolanus, Spondylus chiriquiensis, Spondylus ciliatus, Spondylus cliffensis, Spondylus colombiensis, Spondylus concentricus, Spondylus crassicosta, Spondylus crassisquama, Spondylus decussatus, Spondylus dumosus, Spondylus estrallensis, Spondylus fimbriatus, Spondylus fragilis, Spondylus gaderopoides, Spondylus gaederopus, Spondylus gumanomocon, Spondylus hystrix, Spondylus inezana, Spondylus lamellacea, Spondylus lucasi, Spondylus mimus, Spondylus mucronatus, Spondylus multisetosus, Spondylus oballosensis, Spondylus olssoni, Spondylus ornatissimus, Spondylus ostreoides, Spondylus princeps, Spondylus pseudoradula, Spondylus quadricostatus, Spondylus radula, Spondylus raoulensis, Spondylus regius, Spondylus reticulatus, Spondylus rotundatus, Spondylus rugosus, Spondylus scotti, Spondylus sondeianus, Spondylus spectrum, Spondylus spinosus, Spondylus spinosus, Spondylus subnodosus, Spondylus subplicatus, Spondylus subsquamosus, Spondylus subvelatus, Spondylus tenella, Spondylus tenuispina, Spondylus victoriae, Spondylus wrightianus
Type specimen: Leland Stanford Junior University 438, a valve. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 437, Wiley Canyon, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (3: California)
• Oligocene of United States (6: California)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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