†Hilgardia parkei Anderson and Hanna 1925 (pointed nut clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Belongs to Hilgardia according to R. L. Squires 2001
Sister taxa: Hilgardia multilineata, Nuculana (Hilgardia) multilineata
Type specimen: CAS 782, a shell. 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.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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