†Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans Defrance 1823 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Lucina elegans, Miltha (Cavilucina) elegans, Monitilora elegans, Phacoides (Cavilucina) elegans, Phacoides elegans
Belongs to Monitilora (Monitilora) according to M. Glibert 1985
See also Moore 1969
Sister taxon: Monitilora (Monitilora) grata
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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