†Spaniorinus nicolleti Speden 1970 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Galeommatidae
Full reference: I. G. Speden. 1970. The type Fox Hills Formation, Cretaceous (Maestrichtian), South Dakota Part 2. Systematics of the Bivalvia. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 33:1-222
Belongs to Spaniorinus according to I. G. Speden 1970
Sister taxa: Solecardia (Spaniorinus) cossmanni, Spaniorinus cimbricus
Type specimen: YPM 24405, a shell ( a bivalved shell, with the valves displaced and outer shell largely incomplete)
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: South Dakota collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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