†Tellina (Elliptotellina) kouriatchyi Furon 1948 (tellin clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Full reference: R. Furon. 1948. Taxonomic names, in La faune Éocène du Togo. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série 27:95-114
Belongs to Tellina (Elliptotellina) according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
See also Furon 1948
Sister taxa: Elliptotellina tellinella, Tellina (Elliptotellina) ambigua, Tellina (Elliptotellina) pacifica, Tellina (Elliptotellina) townsendensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Togblékové, bed 6, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1 collection), Togo (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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