†Flaventia kukpowrukensis Imlay 1961 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1961. Characteristic lower Cretaceous megafossils from northern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 335
Belongs to Flaventia according to R. W. Imlay 1961
Sister taxa: Meretrix (Flaventia) brongniarti, Meretrix (Flaventia) deserti, Meretrix (Flaventia) orientalis
Type specimen: USNM 128631. Its type locality is USGS 24469 - Kukpowruk River, North Slope, which is in an Albian coastal siltstone in the Kukpowruk Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS 24469 - Kukpowruk River, North Slope
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