Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis 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 Pitar (Lamelliconcha) according to H. E. Vokes 1939

See also Squires 1984, Squires 1987 and Squires 1988

Sister taxa: Pitar (Lamelliconcha) avenalensis, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) crooki, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) nomlandi, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) vertumni

Type specimen: UCMP 15674

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (20: California)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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