†Gomphina iheringi Zinsmeister 1984 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Belongs to Gomphina according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992
Sister taxa: Gomphina (Gomphina), Gomphina (Gomphinella), Gomphina (Macridiscus), Gomphina undulosa
Type specimen: USNM 365531, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at IPS 14, Zinsmeister's Hill (Eocene of Antarctica)
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