Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1995. Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227:1-95
Belongs to Cassianoides according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995
Sister taxa: Cassianoides crassispinosus, Cassianoides rara, Cassianoides sexcostatus
Type specimen: AMNH 43405, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is AMNH512, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (16: Texas collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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