†Caspiconcha rubani Kiel et al. 2010 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Full reference: S. Kiel, K. A. Campbell, and C. Gaillard. 2010. New and little known mollusks from ancient chemosynthetic environments. Zoootaxa 2390:26-48
Belongs to Caspiconcha according to S. Kiel et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 535868, a shell. Its type locality is Planerskoje, which is in a Hauterivian basinal (carbonate) limestone in Ukraine.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Planerskoje
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