Pachydesma sulcataria Vokes 1939 (venus clam)

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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