†Mesocallista (Mesocallista) chinhauaninae Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: E. Gliozzi and A. Malatesta. 1983. I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico). Geologica Romana 22:85-145
Belongs to Mesocallista (Mesocallista) according to E. Gliozzi and A. Malatesta 1983
Sister taxa: Mesocallista (Mesocallista) analoga, Mesocallista (Mesocallista) vagrans
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Jablonski & Raup Locality 199 (Cretaceous of Mozambique)
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