Panopaea sahariensis Newton 1905 (clam)

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Full reference: R. B. Newton. 1905. Eocene shells from Nigeria. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 15:83-91

Belongs to Panopaea according to R. B. Newton 1905

Sister taxa: Panopaea concentrica, Panopaea depressa, Panopaea elongata, Panopaea hauthali, Panopaea inferior, Panopaea mackrothi, Panopaea montignyana, Panopaea orientalis, Panopaea remondii, Panopaea toulai, Panopaea vaudini, Panope (Panope), Panope agnewi, Panope borealis, Panope californica, Panope elongatissima, Panope fuegensis, Panope gurgitis, Panope mclearni, Panope murrayensis, Panope shastacola, Panope subaequilateralis, Panope taylorensis, Panope tenuis, Panope torreyensis, Panope webbi, Panopea (Degrangia), Panopea (Myopsis), Panopea (Panopea), Panopea abbreviata, Panopea abrupta, Panopea akerlundi, Panopea aldrovandi, Panopea americana, Panopea anabarica, Panopea australis, Panopea bagualesia, Panopea bitruncata, Panopea brasiliensis, Panopea chiloensis, Panopea clausa, Panopea dockensis, Panopea eightsi, Panopea gastaldii, Panopea generosa, Panopea globosa, Panopea glycymeris, Panopea goldfussii, Panopea ibari, Panopea inaequivalvis, Panopea intermedia, Panopea kazakovae, Panopea kissoumi, Panopea nucleus, Panopea oblongata, Panopea parawhitfieldi, Panopea porrectoides, Panopea ramonensis, Panopea rathbuni, Panopea smithii, Panopea snohomishensis, Panopea thomasi, Panopea undatoides, Panopea whitfieldi, Panopea worthingtoni, Panopea zinsmeisteri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kalfu-Tamaskie, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in Niger

Ecology: stationary deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kalfu-Tamaskie

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