†Nymphalucina panochensis 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 Nymphalucina according to S. Kiel 2013
Sister taxa: Lucina parva, Nymphalucina linearia
Type specimen: GZG.INV.88317, a shell. Its type locality is Panoche Hills seep deposit, which is in a Maastrichtian deep-water sandstone in the Moreno Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Panoche Hills seep deposit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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