†Nipponothracia lomitensis Olsson 1931 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Lucina lomitensis
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)
Belongs to Nipponothracia according to S. Kiel 2013
See also Olsson 1931
Sister taxon: Nipponothracia gigantea
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1 collection)
• Eocene of Peru (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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