Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
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 Trigonarca according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957
Sister taxa: Trigonarca (Costelliarca), Trigonarca acclivis, Trigonarca angolensis, Trigonarca californica, Trigonarca camerunensis, Trigonarca cardiformis, Trigonarca curvatodonta, Trigonarca excavata, Trigonarca jacksonensis, Trigonarca jessupae, Trigonarca ligeriensis, Trigonarca manzadinensis, Trigonarca schweinfurthi, Trigonarca sectilis, Trigonarca semiglabra, Trigonarca tumida
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1 collection), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Nigeria (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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