Kellia uvasana Dickerson 1915

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae

Alternative combination: Corbula uvasana

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98

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

See also Dickerson 1915 and Moore 1992

Sister taxon: Chironia laperousii

Type specimen: CAS 276. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon

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