Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Alternative combination: Psammobia columbiana
Full reference: C. E. Weaver and K. Van Winkle Palmer. 1922. Fauna from the Eocene of Washington. University of Washington Publications in Geology 1(3):1-56
Belongs to Gari (Gobraeus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
Sister taxa: Gari (Gobraeus) californica, Gari (Gobraeus) cowlitzensis, Gari (Gobraeus) diegoensis, Gari (Gobraeus) eoundulata, Gari (Gobraeus) fucata, Gari (Gobraeus) hornii, Gari (Gobraeus) listrota, Gari (Gobraeus) loustauae, Gari (Gobraeus) maxima, Gari (Gobraeus) texta, Gari (Gobraeus) vespertinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is UW 342, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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