Gomphina iheringi Zinsmeister 1984 (venus clam)

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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