Cumingia Sowerby I 1833 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Alternative spelling: Cummingia

Parent taxon: Semelidae according to E. J. Moore 2003

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Glenn 1904, Sepkoski 2002 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: Abra, Ervilia, Erviliinae, Leptomya, Ligula, Scrobiculariinae, Semele, Semelina, Semelinae, Septeuilia, Theora, Lavignonus

Subtaxa: Cumingia californica Cumingia keittensis Cumingia lamellosa Cumingia medialis Cumingia tellinoides

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (1 collection), Mexico (6), Panama (2), United States (67: California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (4: California, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of United States (1: California)

• Eocene of United States (1: South Carolina)

Total: 89 collections each including a single occurrence

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