Oblicarina carinata Etheridge 1892 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae

Alternative combination: Chaenomya carinata

Belongs to Oblicarina according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

See also Runnegar 1967 and Waterhouse 1967

Sister taxon: Oblicarina translata

Type specimen: F1218, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Banana Creek, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal sandstone in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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