Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Full reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California (Part 1). University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410
Belongs to Tagelus according to W. Loel and W. H. Corey 1932
Sister taxa: Tagelus (Mesopleura), Tagelus (Tagelus), Tagelus bolivarensis, Tagelus cebus, Tagelus dombeii, Tagelus peruanus, Tagelus peruvianus, Tagelus plebeius, Tagelus plebius carolinensis, Tagelus politus
Type specimen: UCMP 31827, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: California collections)
• Oligocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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