Crenella porterensis Weaver 1916 (clam)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae

Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1916. Tertiary faunal horizons of western Washington. University of Washington Publications in Geology 1(1):1-67

Belongs to Crenella according to E. J. Moore 1976

See also Durham 1944, Hickman 2023, Moore 1963, Tegland 1933 and Weaver 1916

Sister taxa: Crenella cocentrica, Crenella decussata, Crenella elegantula, Crenella elliptica, Crenella fenestra, Crenella glandula, Crenella gubernatoria, Crenella inflata, Crenella inflata, Crenella isocardioides, Crenella kannoi, Crenella latifrons, Crenella maylandensis, Crenella santana, Crenella serica, Crenella striatocostata, Crenella subfornicata, Crenella virida, Crenella washingtonensis, Hippagus verticordius

Type specimen: CAS 454A, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (5: Alaska, Oregon)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of United States (2: Oregon)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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