Parathyasira flemingi Maxwell 1992 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae

Full reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1992. Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65:1-280

Belongs to Parathyasira according to P. A. Maxwell 1992

Sister taxon: Thyasira (Parathyasira) notosulca

Type specimen: TM 6989, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder-chemosymbiotic

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

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