Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Solemyidae
Full reference: R. J. Zhang. 1977. Bivalvia. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:471-533
Belongs to Solemya (Janeia) according to J. H. Li et al. 1982
Sister taxa: Solemya (Austrosolemya), Solemya (Petrasma), Solemya (Pseudacharax), Solemya (Solemya), Solemya (Solemyarina), Solemya (Zesolemya), Solemya abbreviata, Solemya alabamensis, Solemya dalli, Solemya funingensis, Solemya insignifica, Solemya lamarckiana, Solemya lomitensis, Solemya petricoloides, Solemya sulcifera, Solemya togata, Solenomya semseyana, Solenomya sharonensis, Solenomya translineata, Janeia elliptica, Solemya (Janeia) tibetica
Type specimen: IV55261, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Qiyueshan, Lichuan County, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wujiaping Formation of China.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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