†Axinus quadratus Ponzi 1876 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Full reference: G. Ponzi. 1876. I fossile del Monte Vaticano. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Serie Seconda 3(2):925-959
Belongs to Axinus according to G. Ponzi 1876
Sister taxon: Axinus cretaceus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cava Vannutelli quarry, Monte Vaticano, which is in a Zanclean deep-water marl in the Monte Vaticano Formation of Holy See (Vatican City State)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Cava Vannutelli quarry, Monte Vaticano
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