Tellina (Cyclotellina) veneriformis Furon 1948 (tellin clam)

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 (Cyclotellina) according to R. Furon 1948

Sister taxa: Tellina (Cyclotellina) lunulata, Tellina (Cyclotellina) subelegans

Type specimen: Its type locality is Togblékové, bed 6, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Togblékové, bed 6

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