Cryptodon ferruginosum Forbes 1843 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Alternative combination: Kellia ferruginosa

Belongs to Cryptodon according to S. V. Wood 1850

Sister taxa: Cryptodon mactraeformis, Cryptodon sinuosum

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sutton, Suffolk [Coralline Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

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