Aphrodina (Mesocallista) riedeli Reyment 1955 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca (Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda) from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 5:127-155

Belongs to Aphrodina (Mesocallista) according to R. A. Reyment 1955

Sister taxa: Aphrodina (Mesocallista) andersoni, Aphrodina (Mesocallista) quenseli, Mesocallista (Mesocallista), Mesocallista subovalis

Type specimen: BMNH L.82974, a shell. Its type locality is Awgu, below government station, which is in a Coniacian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Awgu Limestone Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Awgu, below government station

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