Glyptoleda borealica Biakov 1998 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Full reference: A. S. Biakov. 1998. Permian ctenodont bivalves from northeastern Russia. Paleontological Journal 32(2):129-132

Belongs to Glyptoleda according to A. S. Biakov 1998

Sister taxa: Glyptoleda (Menucula), Glyptoleda coleyi, Glyptoleda flexuosa, Glyptoleda glomerata, Glyptoleda intricata, Glyptoleda javesi, Glyptoleda parenica, Glyptoleda reidi, Glyptoleda simplicata

Type specimen: RGU 4/1, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Tenke River right side upper reaches, o.p. 120, Okhotsk Massif, which is in a Capitanian marine siliciclastic in the Omchak Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tenke River right side upper reaches, o.p. 120, Okhotsk Massif

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