†Perna latoconvexa Newton 1895 (mussel)
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Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: R. B. Newton. 1895. On a collection of fossils from Madagascar obtained by the Rev. R. Baron. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 51:72-92
Belongs to Perna according to R. B. Newton 1895
Sister taxa: Perna (Perna), Perna bosniaca, Perna excavata, Perna heberti, Perna kerguelensis, Perna loczyi, Perna magellanica, Perna meleagrinoides, Perna nishiyamai, Perna perna, Perna rimosa, Perna texanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Andranosamonta Village, which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in the Oolite Formation of Madagascar
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Andranosamonta Village
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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