†Tellina (Cyclotellina) veneriformis 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 (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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