†Echinorbis papillosa Waterhouse 1987 (file clam)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Mollusca and correlations from the south-east Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(4-6):129-233
Belongs to Echinorbis according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UQF 70257, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is UQ L4316, Ross Creek Tributary, Cracow Station, which is in a Roadian coastal siltstone in the Brae Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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