Diplodonta (Zemysina) densiscalpta Marwick 1960 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Full reference: J. Marwick. 1960. Early Tertiary Mollusca from Otaio Gorge, South Canterbury. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 33

Belongs to Diplodonta (Zemysina) according to J. Marwick 1960

Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Zemysina) globus, Diplodonta (Zemysina) lamberti, Diplodonta (Zemysina) pacifica

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at S118/f539 (Eocene of New Zealand)

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