Legumen mozambensis Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: E. Gliozzi and A. Malatesta. 1983. I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico). Geologica Romana 22:85-145

Belongs to Legumen according to E. Gliozzi and A. Malatesta 1983

Sister taxa: Legumen napii, Legumen ooides

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jablonski & Raup Locality 199 (Cretaceous of Mozambique)

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