Legumen napii McLearn 1929 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1929. Mesozoic Palaeontology of Blairmore Region: Cretaceous invertebrates. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 58:73-79

Belongs to Legumen according to F. H. McLearn 1929

Sister taxa: Legumen mozambensis, Legumen ooides

Type specimen: Nat. Mus. of Canada 9040, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CA3 (185 ft), Gulch Creek ["Allison Fm"] (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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