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This is a series of books describing and illustrating the Tertiary marine bivalves of California and Baja California. Original descriptions and previously published supplementary descriptions and comparisons are included. Geographic and geologic range data are given for each species, and habitats for the living species. Five of the books have been issued as Chapters A through E of U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1228, which are available in science libraries. Chapters F and G appear at this website.
CHAPTER F (107 p., 14 pl.)
CHAPTER G (88 p., 11 pl.)
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Please cite Chapter F as follows: Moore, E.J., 2003, Tertiary marine pelecypods of California and Baja California, Chapter F: Crassatellidae, Cardiidae, Mactridae, Mesodesmatidae, Solenidae, Pharidae: http://www.cmug.com/~chintimp/Tertiary.pelecypods.htm, 107 p., 14 pl.
Please cite Chapter G as follows: Moore, E.J., 2003, Tertiary marine pelecypods of California and Baja California, Chapter G: Tellinidae, Donacidae, Psammobiliidae, Semelidae: http://www.cmug.com/~chintimp/Tertiary.pelecypods.htm, 88 p., 11 pl.
Other published bivalve families appear in the following U.S. Geological Survey Professional Papers:
Last updated July 1, 2003.