Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: R. B. Newton. 1922. Eocene Mollusca from Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 3
Belongs to Phacoides according to R. B. Newton 1922
Sister taxa: Phacoides (Bellucina), Phacoides (Phacoides), Phacoides andersoni, Phacoides californicus, Phacoides cerma, Phacoides eaglesomei, Phacoides eudaidalus, Phacoides hillsboroensis, Phacoides nocariensis, Phacoides ocalanus, Phacoides pacifica, Phacoides pectinatus, Phacoides perovatus, Phacoides pullensis, Phacoides silicatus, Phacoides subsquamosa, Phacoides thalassogonus, Phacoides wacissanus, Phacoides woodi
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Ameki Railway - Cutting #6, southern Nigeria (Eocene of Nigeria)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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