Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Alternative combination: Cypricardinia elegantula
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 Dickinsartella according to C. Larghi 2005
See also Dickins 1963
Sister taxon: Dickinsartella pistacina
Type specimen: UWA 45411. Its type locality is Fossil Cliff, Irwin River (UWA collection), which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Holmwood Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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