Libitina Schumacher 1817 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae

Parent taxon: Libitinidae according to Thiele 1926

Sister taxa: Coralliophaga, Corbiculopsis, Glossocardia, Langvophorus, Pseudopleurophorus, Straelenotrapezium, Tortucardia, Trapezium, Cypricardia, Kitsonia, Lithophagella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Middle Eocene, Ngoui, Senegal (Eocene of Senegal)

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