†Makoiamya cotterallae Grant-Mackie 2013 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Full reference: J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2013. Makoiamya cotterallae, a new genus and species of bivalve (Ceratomyidae) from the latest Triassic of New Zealand and New Caledonia. Zootaxa 3741:327-348
Belongs to Makoiamya according to J. A. Grant-Mackie 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AU L4576. Its type locality is AU 1427, Kiritehere Beach (R16/f8528), which is in a Warepan marine siliciclastic in the Arawi Shellbed Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Caledonia (8 collections), New Zealand (98)
Total: 106 collections each including a single occurrence
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