Opis corallina Damon 1860 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Full reference: R. Damon. 1860. Handbook to the Geology of Weymouth and the Island of Portland. With Notes on the Natural History of the Coast and Neighbourhood. Edward Stanford, London 1-199

Belongs to Opis according to R. Damon 1860

Sister taxa: Opis (Coelopis), Opis (Hesperopis), Opis (Pachyopis), Opis (Protopis), Opis (Trigonopis), Opis affinis, Opis barnensis, Opis bifrons, Opis bigoti, Opis californica, Opis cardissoides, Opis cloacina, Opis gortanii, Opis hoeninghausii, Opis ladina, Opis laubei, Opis neocomiensis, Opis shastalis, Opis virginalis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (6 collections), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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