†Cratis ovata Marwick 1931 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Arcida - Philobryidae
Full reference: J. A. Marwick. 1931. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177
Belongs to Cratis according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Fleming 1966 and Marwick 1931
Sister taxa: Cratis delicatula, Cratis kanekoi, Cratis progressa, Cratis retiaria
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour (Miocene of New Zealand)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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