†Minormalletia simia Marwick 1931 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Malletiidae
Belongs to Minormalletia according to C. A. Fleming 1966
See also Kear and Schofield 1978
Sister taxa: Malletia abrupta, Malletia chilensis, Malletia evansi, Malletia galatheae, Malletia leanzai, Malletia rudis, Malletia sabrina, Malletia tsubetsuensis, Perissonota littlei, Perissonota protexta, Minormalletia nasuta, Solenella transversa, Solenella subaequalis, Pseudomalletia obtusa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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