Cardiomya pavascotti Hickman 2014 (clam)

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 2014. Paleogene marine bivalves of the deep-water Keasey Formation in Oregon, part IV: The anomalodesmatans. PaleoBios 31(3):1-21

Belongs to Cardiomya according to C. S. Hickman 2014

Sister taxa: Cardiomya (Bowdenia), Cardiomya (Cardiomya), Cardiomya alkiensis, Cardiomya anaticepsella, Cardiomya comstockensis, Cardiomya costellata, Cardiomya didyma, Cardiomya dolabraeformis, Cardiomya domenginica, Cardiomya elegantissima, Cardiomya gouldiana, Cardiomya hannibali, Cardiomya israelskya, Cardiomya mansfieldi, Cardiomya ornatissima, Cardiomya pectinata, Cardiomya planetica, Cardiomya russelli, Cardiomya silverensis, Cardiomya turneri

Type specimen: UCMP 110678. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 25026) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Columbia (USGS 25026) - Hickman (1980)

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