Myadesma eocenica Clark 1938 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1938. Fauna from the Markley Formation (Upper Eocene) on Pleasant Creek, California . Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:683-730

Belongs to Myadesma according to E. J. Moore 2003

See also Clark 1938

Sister taxa: Myadesma dalli, Myadesma howei, Myadesma pacifica

Type specimen: UCMP 30836. Its type locality is UCMP A1297, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Markley Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCMP A1297

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