Maitaia bella Biakov 1992 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae

Full reference: A. S. Biakov. 1992. New species of Permian inoceramid bivalves from northeast Russia. Paleontological Journal 26(1):32-46

Belongs to Maitaia according to A. S. Biakov 2021

See also Biakov 1992 and Biakov 2018

Sister taxa: Maitaia absoluta, Maitaia belliformis, Maitaia errabunda, Maitaia gigantea, Maitaia hurenensis, Maitaia kolymiaformis, Maitaia kusnezovi, Maitaia orulganica, Maitaia regularicostatum, Maitaia tenkensis, Maitaia tobonnoensis, Maitaia trechmanni, Maitaia vedernikovi, Mytilidesmatella woodi

Type specimen: SVPGO 30/1062, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Russkaya-Omolonskaya River, Cancrinelloides curvatus Zone, Omolon Massif, which is in a Capitanian marine siliciclastic in the Gizhiga Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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