Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331
Belongs to Pinna according to F. M. Anderson 1938
Sister taxa: Pinna (Pinna), Pinna (Sulcatopinna), Pinna alborzica, Pinna ampla, Pinna arata, Pinna asakuraensis, Pinna bascoi, Pinna bicolor, Pinna brewerii, Pinna calamitoides, Pinna carnea, Pinna cawcawensis, Pinna confutsiana, Pinna consimilis, Pinna constantini, Pinna cordata, Pinna credneri, Pinna cretacea, Pinna cuneiformis, Pinna decussata, Pinna deltodes, Pinna deshayesi, Pinna dolosoniensis, Pinna expansa, Pinna folium, Pinna freneixae, Pinna gravida, Pinna hartmanni, Pinna incurva, Pinna inexpectans, Pinna kawhiana, Pinna kingii, Pinna laqueata, Pinna laticostata, Pinna latissima, Pinna latrania, Pinna lima, Pinna llajasensis, Pinna margaritacea, Pinna meriani, Pinna mitis, Pinna morenoi, Pinna muikadanensis, Pinna muricata, Pinna octavia, Pinna pacata, Pinna papyracea, Pinna pectinata, Pinna petrina, Pinna pontica, Pinna punjabensis, Pinna qinghaiensis, Pinna raibliana, Pinna reginamaris, Pinna rembangensis, Pinna richthofeni, Pinna robinaldina, Pinna robusta, Pinna rudis, Pinna saccata, Pinna semicostata, Pinna semisulcata, Pinna shekhanensis, Pinna simionescui, Pinna sublanceolata, Pinna triquetra, Pinna vexillum
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc1668, west branch of the east fork of Hulen (=Huling) Creek, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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