Arcopagia gabunensis Kossmat 1893 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Full reference: F. Kossmat. 1893. Über einige Kreideversteinerungen vom Gabun. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 102:575-590

Belongs to Arcopagia according to F. Kossmat 1893

Sister taxa: Arcopagia (Arcopagia), Arcopagia (Bertinella), Arcopagia (Johnsonella), Arcopagia (Pinguitellina) robusta, Arcopagia corneola, Arcopagia craticula, Arcopagia fausta, Arcopagia medialis, Arcopagia parisiensis, Arcopagia pudica, Arcopagia spinosa, Tellina (Arcopagia) acares, Tellina (Arcopagia) bouryi, Tellina (Arcopagia) denudata, Tellina (Arcopagia) eburneopsis, Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli, Tellina (Arcopagia) tehama

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gabun, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Gabon

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Gabun

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