Aphrodina (Mesocallista) quenseli Reyment 1954 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Aphrodina quenseli

Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1954. The stratigraphy of the southern Cameroons. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 76:661-683

Belongs to Aphrodina (Mesocallista) according to W. Barber 1958

See also Reyment 1954

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Cameroon (4 collections), Nigeria (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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