Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Dosinia margaritana
Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182
Belongs to Dosinia (Dosinidia) according to A. M. Keen 1943
See also Loel and Corey 1932 and Wiedey 1928
Sister taxa: Dosinia (Asa), Dosinia (Austrodosinia), Dosinia (Dosinella), Dosinia (Dosinia), Dosinia (Dosinobia), Dosinia (Dosinorbis), Dosinia (Kakahuia), Dosinia (Kaneharaia), Dosinia (Kereia), Dosinia (Phacosoma), Dosinia (Raina), Dosinia acetabulum, Dosinia africana, Dosinia alta, Dosinia burckhardti, Dosinia caerulea, Dosinia castigata, Dosinia chipolana, Dosinia coloradoensis, Dosinia conradi, Dosinia discus, Dosinia dunkeri, Dosinia excisa, Dosinia exoleta, Dosinia falconensis, Dosinia histrio, Dosinia imparistriata, Dosinia jacalitosana, Dosinia kaspiewi, Dosinia lawsoni, Dosinia lechuzaensis, Dosinia longula, Dosinia lupina, Dosinia mastrichtiensis, Dosinia mercenaroidea, Dosinia meridonalis, Dosinia morani, Dosinia nomurai, Dosinia orbicularis, Dosinia pertenuis, Dosinia ponderosa, Dosinia protojuvenilis, Dosinia pseudoargus, Dosinia santana, Dosinia scalaris, Dosinia sculpta, Dosinia semiobliterata, Dosinia tugaruana, Dosinidia palmerae, Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Dosinia (Dosinidia) dalli, Artemis lentiformis, Artemis lenticularis, Dosinia (Artemis) tenuis, Artemis orbignyi, Artemis lincta
Subtaxa: Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta
Type specimen: SDSNH 33, a valve
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (15: California collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: California)
• Oligocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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