Rhacothyas Åström and Oliver 2017 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae

Parent taxon: Thyasiridae according to K. Hryniewicz et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Adontorhina, Axinopsida, Axinopsidinae, Axinulus, Axinus, Conchocele, Cretaxinus, Eothyasira, Genaxinus, Leptaxinus, Parathyasira, Storthodon, Tauraxinus, Thyasira, Thyasirinae

Subtaxa: Rhacothyas spitzbergensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder-chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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