Afrophysema eutornus Tomlin 1921 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Anodontia (Afrophysema) eutornus, Cryptodon eutornus
Full reference: J. R. B. Tomlin. 1921. Six new marine shells from South Africa. Journal of Conchology 16:215-217
Belongs to Afrophysema according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also Taylor and Glover 2005 and Tomlin 1921
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMW 1955.158.01013, a shell. Its type locality is Port Alfred, which is in a Pleistocene foreshore sandstone in South Africa.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Port Alfred
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