Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Alternative combination: Inoceramus coptensis
Belongs to Birostrina according to M. R. Cooper 1982
Sister taxa: Birostrina tamurai, Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) concentricus, Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) sulcatus, Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) salomoni, Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) subsulcatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is ACAR, Atherfield Point [Carstone Mbr, Lower Greensand], which is in an Albian marine sandstone in the Monk’s Bay Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), France (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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