Donax (Latona) parisiensis Deshayes 1857 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae

Alternative combination: Donax parisiensis

Full reference: G.P. Deshayes. 1857. Description des Animaux sans Vertébres découverts dans le Bassin des Paris 1(2):81-392

Belongs to Donax (Latona) according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995

See also Deshayes 1857

Sister taxa: Donax (Latona) capparis, Donax (Latona) cuneatus, Donax (Latona) faba, Donax (Latona) prosopsis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Saint-Vast-les-Mello, Barisseuse (Eocene of France)

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