Arca (Eonavicula) bogaerti Dartevelle and Freneix 1957 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix. 1957. Mollusques fossiles du Crétace de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique du Cameroun à l'Angola. II. - Lamellibranches. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Série in-8, Sciences Géologiques 20:1-271

Belongs to Arca (Eonavicula) according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957

Sister taxa: Arca (Eonavicula) bisulcata, Arca (Eonavicula) trisulcata, Eonavicula gibbosa, Eonavicula minuta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kibamba (Loya quarry), Moyen-Congo, which is in a Santonian carbonate limestone in the Congo-Brazzaville

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Congo-Brazzaville (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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