†Gonimyrtea bucculenta Marwick 1929 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: J. Marwick. 1929. Tertiary molluscan fauna of Chatton, Southland. Transactions and Proceeding of the Royal Society of New Zealand 59:903-937
Belongs to Gonimyrtea according to J. Marwick 1929
Sister taxa: Gonimyrtea araea, Gonimyrtea concinna, Gonimyrtea droueti, Gonimyrtea galeottiana, Gonimyrtea gracilis, Gonimyrtea spinulosa, Gonimyrtea submichelottii
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at S127/f538 - Otekaike Limestone, Special School (Oligocene of New Zealand)
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