Grovea pedalis (Grove & Sturt) Schmidt (1890)
Comment: A nearly intact valve of an extremely rare species known only from Oamaru. Originally described as Biddulphia pedalis Grove & Sturt.
Locality:
Oamaru, New Zealand, The Natural History Museum slide BM 52722, specimen probably mounted by Gerald Sturt (Eocene-Oligocene Transition).
Photographed using: Zeiss Axioplan, Plan-NEOFLUAR 40×/0.75 + Zeiss AxioCam MRc. Stacked using Helicon Focus.
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