Pronoella karkarensis Ronchetti 1970 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Full reference: C. R. Ronchetti. 1970. New contributions to the knowledge of the Jurassic fauna of Karkar (Northeast Afghanistan). Ital. Expedit., Karakorum (K2) Hindu Kush, Scientific Reports IV, Paleontology – Zoology – Botany 2:43-74

Belongs to Pronoella according to C. R. Ronchetti 1970

Sister taxa: Pronoella cinnabarensis, Pronoella desioi, Pronoella lycetti, Pronoella uintahensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sample 61 AD-65/3, Karkar (type section), central Badakhshan, which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone/marl in the Karkar Formation of Afghanistan

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sample 61 AD-65/3, Karkar (type section), central Badakhshan

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