Cardiomya comstockensis Turner 1938 (clam)

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

Full reference: F. E. Turner. 1938. Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper (10)1-130

Belongs to Cardiomya according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Hickman 2014, Turner 1938 and Weaver 1942

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

Type specimen: UC 33225, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. A-1134 (Eocene of Oregon)

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