Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1928. Preliminary report on the paleontology of the Channel Islands, California. Journal of Paleontology 2(2):142-157
Belongs to Placunanomia according to E. J. Moore 1987
See also Hertlein 1928 and Loel and Corey 1932
Sister taxa: Placunanomia (Tamianomia), Placunanomia californica, Placunanomia cumingii, Placunanomia hannibali, Placunanomia lithobleta, Placunanomia panamensis, Placunanomia plicata
Type specimen: CAS 4139. Its type locality is Santa Rosa Island, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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