Claraioides labensis Kotlyar et al. 2004 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Full reference: G. V. Kotlyar, Y. D. Zakharov, and I. V. Polubotko. 2004. Late Changhsingian fauna of the northwestern Caucasus Mountains, Russia. Journal of Paleontology 78(3):513-527

Belongs to Claraioides according to G. V. Kotlyar et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Claraioides caucasicus, Claraioides dianus, Claraioides primitivus

Type specimen: CRMGE 19/13043, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Severnaya Ravine, top of Upper Urushten Formation, Malaya Laba River, Caucasus, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in the Urushten Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Severnaya Ravine, top of Upper Urushten Formation, Malaya Laba River, Caucasus

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