†Kitsonia (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
Parent taxon: Kitsoniidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010
See also Adegoke 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Coralliophaga, Corbiculopsis, Glossocardia, Langvophorus, Pseudopleurophorus, Straelenotrapezium, Tortucardia, Trapezium, Lithophagella, Libitina, Cypricardia
Subtaxa: Kitsonia paleocenica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry (Paleocene of Nigeria)
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