Echinorbis papillosa Waterhouse 1987 (file clam)

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

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