Claibornites paytensis Woods 1922 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Lucina paytensis

Full reference: H. Woods. 1922. Section A. Mollusca from the Eocene and Miocene deposits of Peru. . Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the Northwest Part of Peru 51-113

Belongs to Claibornites according to H. E. Vokes 1969

See also Woods 1922

Sister taxa: Claibornites (Claibornites), Claibornites (Codalucina), Claibornites (Saxolucina), Claibornites quinquangulus, Claibornites rotunda

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at CAS Loc. 555, Payta (Eocene of Peru)

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