†Proxichione otiakensis Maxwell 1978 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1978. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on some New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca, with descriptions of new taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(1):15-46
Belongs to Proxichione according to P. A. Maxwell 1978
Sister taxa: Proxichione darmghi, Proxichione etheridgei, Proxichione hormophora
Type specimen: Its type locality is Trig Z, which is in a Waitakian marine siltstone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Trig Z
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