†Tellina (Peronaea) oppenheimi Böhm 1913 (tellin clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Full reference: J. Böhm. 1913. Über tertiäre Versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser Diamantfeldern. I. Bryozoen, Mollusken, Krebs und Fische. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 5:59-83
Belongs to Tellina (Peronaea) according to J. Böhm 1913
See also Bohm 1926
Sister taxon: Peronaea nigeriensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Langental, NE of Bogenfels, which is in a Priabonian shallow subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Langental Beds Formation of Namibia
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Langental, NE of Bogenfels
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