Tellina (Elliptotellina) kouriatchyi Furon 1948 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Belongs to Tellina (Elliptotellina) according to Furon 1948

Sister taxa: Elliptotellina tellinella, Tellina (Elliptotellina) ambigua, Tellina (Elliptotellina) pacifica, Tellina (Elliptotellina) townsendensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry (Paleocene of Nigeria)

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