Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225
Belongs to Dosinia (Dosinia) according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
Sister taxa: Dosinia (Dosinia) boettgeri, Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica, Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima, Dosinia (Dosinia) liogona, Dosinia (Dosinia) multilamellata, Dosinia (Dosinia) peralta, Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata, Dosinia (Dosinia) semilaevis, Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi
Type specimen: SAM-K4877, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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