Algerina Kříž 2008 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Spanilidae

Full reference: J. Kříž. 2008. Algerina gen. nov. (Bivalvia, Nepiomorphia) from the Silurian of the North Gondwana margin (Algeria), peri-Gondwanan Europe (France, Italy), Perunica (Prague Basin, Bohemia) and the Siberian Plate (Tajmyr Basin, Russia). Bulletin of Geosciences 83(1):79-84

Parent taxon: Spanilidae according to J. Kříž 2008

Sister taxa: Kenzieana, Spanila, Tetinka

Subtaxa: Algerina algena Algerina faba Algerina rebellis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Algeria (2 collections), Czechia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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