Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Full reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluà in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154
Belongs to Trigonarca according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957
See also Riedel 1933
Sister taxa: Trigonarca (Costelliarca), Trigonarca acclivis, Trigonarca angolensis, Trigonarca californica, Trigonarca camerunensis, Trigonarca cardiformis, Trigonarca excavata, Trigonarca furoni, Trigonarca jacksonensis, Trigonarca jessupae, Trigonarca ligeriensis, Trigonarca manzadinensis, Trigonarca schweinfurthi, Trigonarca sectilis, Trigonarca semiglabra, Trigonarca tumida
Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Bombe, Mungo River, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1 collection), the Congo-Brazzaville (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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