Dickinsartella elegantula Dickins 1963 (clam)

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

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