†Aeora (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Meretricinae according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
See also Cox et al. 1969 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cytherea, Cytheriopsis, Eomeretrix, Grateloupia, Meretricini, Meretrissa, Meretrix, Resatrix, Tivela, Tivelina
Subtaxa: Aeora africana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry (Paleocene of Nigeria)
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