†Tivela vaquerosensis Wiedey 1929 (venus clam)
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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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