Clementia (Clementia) restinensis Olsson 1928 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)

Belongs to Clementia (Clementia) according to A. A. Olsson 1928

Sister taxa: Clementia (Clementia) dariena, Clementia (Clementia) deshayesi, Clementia (Clementia) inoceriformis, Clementia (Clementia) papyracea, Clementia (Clementia) parinensis, Clementia (Clementia) protopapyracea

Type specimen: Its type locality is Restin [Restin Fm], which is in a Bartonian coastal shale in the Restin Formation of Peru

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Restin [Restin Fm]

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