Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: S. Kiel and M. Taviana. 2018. Chemosymbiotic bivalves from the late Pliocene Stirone River hydrocarbon seep complex in northern Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63
Belongs to Megaxinus according to S. Kiel and M. Taviana 2018
Sister taxa: Megaxinus (Megaxinus), Megaxinus ellipticus, Megaxinus striatula, Megaxinus transversa, Miltha (Megaxinus) gluminda
Type specimen: MGGC.22009, a shell. Its type locality is Argille Azzurre, Stirone River [Lugagnano Fm], which is in a Zanclean deep-water mudstone in the Lugagnano Formation of Italy.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Argille Azzurre, Stirone River [Lugagnano Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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