Cuna aquaedulcensis Kensley 1977 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae

Belongs to Cuna according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986

Sister taxa: Cuna astartoides, Cuna concentrica, Cuna cuneata, Cuna delta, Cuna deltoides, Cuna libbyae, Cuna littoralis, Cuna microconcentrica, Cuna multilamella, Cuna navicula, Cuna particula, Cuna polita, Cuna praeclava, Cuna ramus, Cuna saza, Cuna solida, Cuna texana, Cuna vitrea

Type specimen: Its type locality is SAL 3, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene interdistributary bay mudstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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