†Pleuromya cuneata Glaessner 1958 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Full reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1958. New Cretaceous fossils from New Guinea, with a contribution on a new ammonite genus. Records of the South Australian Museum 13:199-226
Belongs to Pleuromya according to M. F. Glaessner 1958
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Adelaide University F15300, a shell. Its type locality is Masul Village, Chimbu River, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in Papua New Guinea.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Masul Village, Chimbu River
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