†Clausinella persica Cox 1936 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1936. Fossil Mollusca from southern Persia (Iran) and Bahrein Island. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 22(2):1-67
Belongs to Clausinella according to L. R. Cox 1936
Sister taxa: Clausinella fasciata, Clausinella gayi
Type specimen: K9/963, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lower Fars Fm (Miocene of Iran)
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