Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) montereyana Arnold 1908 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Alternative combinations: Cyclocardia montereyana, Venericardia montereyana

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389

Belongs to Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) according to E. J. Moore 1992

See also Arnold 1908 and Clark 1981

Sister taxa: Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) hannibali, Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) kirkerensis

Type specimen: USNM 165464, a shell. Its type locality is Newell Creek, Felton, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian coastal mudstone/siltstone in the Monterey Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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