Cleidophorus catherinae Gemmellaro 1896 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1896. La Fauna de Calcari con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo - Pelecypoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 21:183-220

Belongs to Cleidophorus according to G. G. Gemmellaro 1896

Sister taxa: Nuculites (Gonionuculites), Nuculites ichikawai, Nuculites kimuari, Nuculites neglectus, Nuculites oblongatus, Nuculites planulatus, Nuculites suboblongatus, Nuculites wattii, Cucullella antiqua, Pyrenomoeus cuneatus, Cleidophorus delawarensis, Cleidophorus hollebeni, Cleidophorus planulata, Cleidophorus trapezoidalis, Cleidophorus eductus, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus perdubius

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio

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