Alternative combination: Saxicava arnoldi
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1917. Climate and its influence upon the Oligocene faunas of the Pacific Coast, with descriptions of some new species from the Molopophorus lincolnensis Zone. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(6):157-192
Belongs to Mya (Antiguamya) according to W. L. Effinger 1938
See also Dickerson 1917
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CAS 388. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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