Kellia catacta Anderson and Hanna 1925 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae

Synonym: Corbula harrisi Dickerson 1915 [replaced name]

Full reference: F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna. 1925. Fauna and stratigraphic relations of the Tejon Eocene at the type locality in Kern County, California. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 11:1-249

Belongs to Kellia according to E. J. Moore 1992

See also Anderson and Hanna 1925 and Dickerson 1915

Sister taxon: Chironia laperousii

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon (Eocene of California)

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