Aupouria Powell 1937 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae

Parent taxon: Aupouriidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Fleming 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Limopsis, Lissarca, Notolimopsis, Nucunella, Vasconellinae

Subtaxa: Aupouria parvula

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Type: Aupouria parvula

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri (Miocene of New Zealand)

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