†Claibornites paytensis Woods 1922 (clam)
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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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