Aphrodina gabonensis Dartevelle and Freneix 1957 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Belongs to Aphrodina according to Dartevelle and Freneix 1957

Sister taxa: Aphrodina (Aphrodina), Aphrodina (Sechurina), Aphrodina (Tikia), Aphrodina angustosinuosa, Aphrodina dutrugei, Aphrodina plana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cap Estérias section (Cretaceous of Gabon)

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