†Cyprina (Venilicardia) lagamensis Douvillé 1916 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184
Belongs to Cyprina (Venilicardia) according to H. Douvillé 1916
Sister taxon: Venilicardia hunti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bir Lagama (Aptian), which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone in Egypt
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bir Lagama (Aptian)
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