Avicula pellucida Gabb 1864 (clam)

Bivalvia - Aviculidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Avicula according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Gabb 1864, Hanna 1927, Moore 1983 and Squires 2001

Sister taxa: Avicula (Oxytoma), Avicula aculeata, Avicula aequivalvis, Avicula alternans, Avicula angulosa, Avicula arcoidea, Avicula arcuata, Avicula aspera, Avicula atlantica, Avicula azzarola, Avicula beisseli, Avicula bifrons, Avicula bittneri, Avicula boeckhi, Avicula bronni, Avicula carinthiaca, Avicula caudata, Avicula caudataeformis, Avicula cingulata, Avicula cortinensis, Avicula cosmeta, Avicula crispata, Avicula dalailamae, Avicula decipiens, Avicula depressa, Avicula deshayesi, Avicula destefanoi, Avicula difficilis, Avicula dunkeri, Avicula eximia, Avicula falcata, Avicula frechii, Avicula gainsana, Avicula gallensteini, Avicula gastrodes, Avicula gessneri, Avicula geyeri, Avicula glaberrima, Avicula globulus, Avicula grabovicensis, Avicula gregaria, Avicula gregoryi, Avicula hallensis, Avicula hofmanni, Avicula homfrayi, Avicula insolita, Avicula janiriformis, Avicula japodica, Avicula kautzkyi, Avicula keyserlingi, Avicula kokeni, Avicula kossmati, Avicula kutassyi, Avicula laczkoi, Avicula launsdorfiensis, Avicula lineata, Avicula loomisi, Avicula lorata, Avicula miljacensis, Avicula mucronata, Avicula muensteri, Avicula nitida, Avicula nodosa, Avicula obtusa, Avicula ochotica, Avicula oldroydii, Avicula pannonica, Avicula plicatostriata, Avicula problematica, Avicula prosslinensis, Avicula pseudofrederici, Avicula roguensis, Avicula salomoni, Avicula seisiana, Avicula sinemuriensis, Avicula soperi, Avicula spinicosta, Avicula sturoides, Avicula tarentina, Avicula tofanae, Avicula trigonata, Avicula zeuschneri

Type specimen: UCMP 11983, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (5: California collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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