Posidonioceramus nahwisi McLearn 1931 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Alternative combinations: Inoceramus nahwisi, Posidonia nahwisi, Posidonomya nahwisi

Belongs to Posidonioceramus according to I. Walaszczyk and W. A. Cobban 2016

Sister taxa: Posidonioceramus athabaskensis, Posidonioceramus dunveganensis, Posidonioceramus goodrichensis, Posidonioceramus merewetheri, Posidonioceramus moberliensis

Type specimen: GSC 6344. Its type locality is East of Cache Creek on north bank of the Peace River, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in the Shatfesbury Formation of Canada.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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