Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Full reference: P. Jeffery and S. Tracey. 1997. The Early Eocene London Clay Formation mollusc fauna of the former Bursledon Brickworks, Lower Swanwick, Hampshire. Tertiary Research 17(3-4):75-137
Belongs to Abra (Syndosmya) according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997
Sister taxa: Abra (Syndosmya) splendens, Syndosmya deltoidea, Syndosmya depressa, Syndosmya difficialis, Syndosmya exilis, Syndosmya lamberti, Syndosmya macrodonta, Syndosmya media, Syndosmya obtusa, Syndosmya striatula
Type specimen: BMNH LL 41612, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is Barnea bed, Bursledon Brickworks, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Barnea bed, Bursledon Brickworks
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