Margaritifera (Margaritifera) rhazensis Mongin and Lapparent 1968 (clam)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Margaritiferidae

Full reference: D. Mongin and A. F. d. Lapparent. 1968. Étude paléontologique de Lamellibranches limniques récoltés dans le Crétacé inférieur du Niger (Afrique) [Paleontological study of the limnic lamellibranchs recovered in the Lower Cretaceous of Niger (Africa)]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 10:148-155

Belongs to Margaritifera (Margaritifera) according to D. Mongin and A. F. d. Lapparent 1968

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Camp des deux arbres, Gadoufaoua, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Camp des deux arbres, Gadoufaoua

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