Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Belongs to Cuspidaria according to L. W. Stephenson 1941
Sister taxa: Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria), Cuspidaria (Dianocuspidaria), Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama), Cuspidaria (Tergulina), Cuspidaria adelaidensis, Cuspidaria alpis, Cuspidaria alpiscivicae, Cuspidaria attenuata, Cuspidaria grovensis, Cuspidaria latesulcata, Cuspidaria obesa, Cuspidaria persulcata, Cuspidaria prima, Cuspidaria siliqua, Cuspidaria subrostrata, Cuspidaria triassica, Cuspidaria variabilis, Cuspidaria vorbei
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: Texas collections)
• Cretaceous of United States (15: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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