Tivela vaquerosensis Wiedey 1929 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1929. New Miocene mollusks from California. Journal of Paleontology 3(3):280-289

Belongs to Tivela according to L. W. Wiedey 1929

Sister taxa: Tivela (Comus), Tivela (Pachydesma), Tivela (Planitivela), Tivela (Tivela), Tivela cliffensis, Tivela kelloggensis, Tivela merriami, Tivela packardi, Tivela trigonalis, Tivela weaveri

Type specimen: LSJU 520. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 200, Los Vaqueros Valley, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 200, Los Vaqueros Valley

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