Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca (Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda) from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 5:127-155
Parent taxon: Veneridae according to R. A. Reyment 1955
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austrocardilanx, Callistinae, Callocardiinae, Calva, Chamelea, Chionidae, Clementina, Cockburnia, Cythereinae, Eurhomalea, Ezocallista, Fossacallista, Frigichione, Gemma, Gouldiinae, Macrocallista, Meretricinae, Oedalia, Paleomarcia, Paphiinae, Pitaria, Polititapes, Pullastra, Securella, Sinodia, Sunettinae, Transennella, Venerinae, Venerupis, Venidia, Xenoloupia, Cooperella
Subtaxa: Anofia aro
Type: Anofia aro
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Cameroon (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (4), Gabon (1), Nigeria (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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