Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Crassatellites triangulatus
Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124
Belongs to Cymbophora according to L. R. Saul 1974
See also Reagan 1924 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Cymbophora ashburnerii, Cymbophora bella, Cymbophora buttensis, Cymbophora gabbiana, Cymbophora moevusi, Cymbophora okadakensis, Cymbophora popenoei, Cymbophora stantoni, Cymbophora suciensis, Spisula (Cymbophora) berryi, Spisula (Cymbophora) wordeni
Type specimen: LSJU 397. Its type locality is Chico area south of the Santa Monica Mountains (Locality 3 of Waring 1917), which is in a Cretaceous marine sandstone/shale in the Tuna Canyon Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (10: California collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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