Trigonarca jacksonensis Anderson 1958 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378

Belongs to Trigonarca according to F. M. Anderson 1958

Sister taxa: Trigonarca (Costelliarca), Trigonarca acclivis, Trigonarca angolensis, Trigonarca californica, Trigonarca camerunensis, Trigonarca cardiformis, Trigonarca curvatodonta, Trigonarca excavata, Trigonarca furoni, Trigonarca jessupae, Trigonarca ligeriensis, Trigonarca manzadinensis, Trigonarca schweinfurthi, Trigonarca sectilis, Trigonarca semiglabra, Trigonarca tumida

Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc33770, former Sheble ranch, 2.5 miles southwest of Phoenix, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in the Hornbrook Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 33770, former Sheble ranch, 2.5 miles southwest of Phoenix

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