Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Full reference: K. Nakazawa. 1999. Permian bivalves from West Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Norway. Paleontological Research 3(1):1-17
Belongs to Palaeolima according to K. Nakazawa 1999
Sister taxa: Palaeolima afanasievi, Palaeolima anfuensis, Palaeolima anshunensis, Palaeolima antinaoensis, Palaeolima badiotica, Palaeolima chekiangensis, Palaeolima dieneri, Palaeolima fasciculicostata, Palaeolima footei, Palaeolima hunanensis, Palaeolima jiaheensis, Palaeolima kasanensis, Palaeolima krotowi, Palaeolima laticostata, Palaeolima middlemissi, Palaeolima minima, Palaeolima nodosocostata, Palaeolima petaline, Palaeolima planocosta, Palaeolima retifera, Palaeolima sichuanensis, Palaeolima simplex, Palaeolima striatocostata, Paleolima triplistriata
Type specimen: HP 100096, a partial shell (Right valve and incomplete left valve). Its type locality is Festningen, Unit 7-1, Svalbard (1989-91 coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Kapp Starostin Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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