Cymatioa cookae (Willett, 1937:389)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Bornia cooki Willett, 1937:389; Cymatioa cooki (Willett, 1937:389) [wrong genitive ending; MolluscBase eds., 2015]

Conservation Status

Last record: Late Pleistocene (Willett, 1937; Valentich-Scott & Goddard, 2022)

Rediscovered on: 23 November 2018 (photographs); 4 March 2019 (specimen) (both Valentich-Scott & Goddard, 2022)

Distribution

California, USA

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Willett, G. (1937). An upper Pleistocene fauna from the Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles County, California. San Diego Society of Natural History, Transactions 8: 379-406 [pls 25, 26]. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.14904

Other references:

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymatioa cookae (Willett, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1610293 on 2025-06-24

Valentich-Scott, Paul and Goddard, Jeffrey H. R. (2022). A fossil species found living off southern California, with notes on the genus Cymatioa (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Galeommatoidea). ZooKeys 1128: 53-62. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.95139

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