Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Full reference: D. Mongin. 1963. Une Naïade géante (Lamellibranche limnique) dans le “Continental intercalaire” du Niger (Sahara méridional) [A giant naiad (limnic lamellibranch) in the “Continental Intercalaire” of Niger (southern Sahara) ]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 5(1):62-63
Belongs to Cuneopsis according to D. Mongin 1963
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: TRPG no. 1. Its type locality is 12 km east of In Abangarit, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial conglomerate/claystone in the Irhazer Shales Formation of Niger.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Niger (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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