Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Claibornites diegoensis, Lucina diegoensis, Phacoides diegoensis
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524
Belongs to Claibornites (Claibornites) according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Dickerson 1916, Hanna 1927, Squires 1984, Squires 1987 and Squires 1988
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 11788, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (5: California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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