†Monitilora elegans Defrance 1823 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Lucina elegans, Miltha (Cavilucina) elegans, Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans, Phacoides (Cavilucina) elegans, Phacoides elegans
Belongs to Monitilora according to J. D. Taylor and E. A. Glover 2018
See also Glibert 1985 and Moore 1969
Sister taxa: Monitilora (Monitilora), Monitilora concinna, Monitilora duponti, Monitilora obliqua
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (4 collections), Bulgaria (1), France (2), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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