Phacoides (Linga) kovatchevi Karagyuleva 1964 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Full reference: Y. D. Karagyuleva. 1964. Fosilite na B'lgariya, VIa Paleogen Molyuski [Bulgarian fossils, VIa Paleogene molluscs] 1-270

Belongs to Phacoides (Linga) according to Y. D. Karagyuleva 1964

Sister taxa: Linga (Bellucina), Linga (Cavilinga), Linga (Cavilinga) pomilia, Linga (Illesca), Linga (Linga), Linga (Pleurolucina), Phacoides (Linga) browni, Phacoides (Linga) podagrinus, Phacoides (Linga) tithonis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Podkova, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in Bulgaria

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Podkova

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