†Cretaxinus hurumi Hryniewicz et al. 2014 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Full reference: K. Hryniewicz, C. T. Little, and H. A. Nakrem. 2014. Bivalves from the latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep carbonates from central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Zootaxa 3859(1):1-66
Belongs to Cretaxinus according to K. Hryniewicz et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Seep 9, Knorringfjellet (Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
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