†Elimata guppyi Dickins 1963 (file clam)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203
Belongs to Elimata according to J. M. Dickins 1963
Sister taxa: Elimata permiana, Elimata polita, Elimata prima, Elimata symmetrica
Type specimen: CPC 3939, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is BMR SG120A, Mount Tuckfield, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone in the Poole Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at BMR SG120A, Mount Tuckfield
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