Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
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 Meretrix (Tivelina) according to R. Furon 1948
Sister taxa: Tivelina analoga, Tivelina baudoni, Tivelina capsuloides, Tivelina coislinensis, Tivelina delicatina, Tivelina deltoidea, Tivelina dixoni, Tivelina ewekoroensis, Tivelina gibbosula, Tivelina idriaensis, Tivelina nuculoides, Tivelina parameces, Tivelina rustica, Tivelina siliqua, Tivelina sphenarium, Tivelina subquadrangularis, Tivelina tellinaria, Tivelina vaderensis, Tivelina vincentiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Togblékové, bed 6, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Togblékové, bed 6
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