†Pachydesma sulcataria Vokes 1939 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246
Belongs to Pachydesma according to H. E. Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Tivela (Pachydesma) diabloensis, Tivela (Pachydesma) gabbi, Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana, Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum
Type specimen: UCMP 15648, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pachydesma sulcataria in the database
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