Pleuromya saltriensis Parona 1890 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae

Full reference: C. F. Parona. 1890. I fossili del Lias inferiore di Saltrio in Lombardia. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 33:69-104

Belongs to Pleuromya according to C. F. Parona 1890

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Saltrio (Parona material), which is in a Sinemurian carbonate limestone in the Saltrio Formation of Italy

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Saltrio (Parona material)

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