Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Alternative combination: Pododesmus newcombei
Full reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234
Belongs to Pododesmus (Monia) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Clark and Arnold 1923, Moore 1987 and Nagao 1928
Sister taxa: Monia zealandica, Pododesmus (Monia) alterans, Pododesmus (Monia) anitae, Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma, Pododesmus (Monia) noharai
Type specimen: UCMP IP 30041, a shell. Its type locality is China Beach, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada.
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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