Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative combination: Pectunculus subtogoensis
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 Glycymeris (Glycymeris) according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
See also Furon 1948
Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) angsanana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) branneri, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) buwaldi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) caputavisensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gabbi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gigantea, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) guineensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) longioriformis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) mahiana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) swartsi, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) taverai, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) togoensis, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) whaleyi
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:
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1 collection), Togo (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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