†Cerkesia contiae Monari 2003 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: S. Monari. 2003. A new genus and species of fimbriid bivalve from the Kimmeridgian of the western Pontides, Turkey, and the phylogeny of the Jurassic Fimbriidae. Palaeontology 46(5):857-884
Belongs to Cerkesia according to S. Monari 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sekinindoruk, Cerkes River, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal grainstone in the Aktas Formation of Turkey
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Sekinindoruk, Cerkes River
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