Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative combination: Lucina lenticularis
Synonym: Dozyia lenticularis Goldfuss 1840
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Eriphyla according to L. R. Saul 1992
See also Malchus et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Eriphyla (Dozyia), Eriphyla (Eriphyla), Eriphyla (Miyakoella), Eriphyla agrioensis, Eriphyla argentina, Eriphyla forbesiana, Eriphyla lapidis, Eriphyla ovoides, Eriphyla umbonata, Eriphyla veatchii
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Brazil (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Gabon (1), Mozambique (1), Nigeria (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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