Cuneopsis giganteus Mongin 1963 (freshwater mussel)

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

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