†Cubatea awanuiensis Kiel 2013 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: S. Kiel. 2013. Lucinid bivalves from ancient methane seeps. Journal of Molluscan Studies 79:346-363
Belongs to Cubatea according to S. Kiel 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GNS TM8836, a shell. Its type locality is Port Awanui, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian basinal (carbonate) limestone in New Zealand.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Port Awanui
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