†Vetupraeca clymeniae Beushausen 1895 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Alternative combinations: Praecardium clymeniae, Praecardium vetustum clymeniae
Full reference: L. Beushausen. 1895. Die Lamellibranchiaten des rheinischen Devon mit Ausschluss der Aviculiden. Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussichen geologischen Landesanstalt. 17:1-410
Belongs to Vetupraeca according to J. Nagel-Myers et al. 2008
See also Beushausen 1895 and Jux and Krath 1974
Sister taxa: Vetupraeca duplicata, Vetupraeca melletes, Vetupraeca vetusta
Type specimen: GZG 490-107, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bergisches Land (Rhenish Massif), Germany; Knoppenbiessen-beds (Devonian of Germany)
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