†Gigantocyclus zidensis Termier and Termier 1977 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: H. Termier and G. Termier. 1977. Paléontologie des Invertébrés, in Monographie paléontologique des affleurements permiens du Djebel Tebaga (Sud Tunisien). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 156(1-3):25-99
Belongs to Gigantocyclus according to D. W. Boyd and N.D. Newell 1979
See also Termier et al. 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: HGT 488, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Baten beni Zid Series, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian marine marl/carbonate in Tunisia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of Tunisia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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