Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Belongs to Sphaera according to S. Mendir et al. 2021

See also Douvillé 1916

Sister taxa: Sphaera americanus, Sphaera madagascariensis, Sphaera whitneyi

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Chile (1), Egypt (7), Germany (1), Italy (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Spain (1), Tanzania (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (6), Venezuela (1)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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