Longimactra flemingi Marwick 1960 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

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

Belongs to Longimactra according to J. Marwick 1960

Sister taxon: Longimactra elongata

Type specimen: Its type locality is S118/f539, which is in a Lutetian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Broken River Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Longimactra flemingi in the database

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