Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Full reference: H. Chronic. 1952. Molluscan fauna from the Permian Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 63(2):95-166
Belongs to Kaibabella according to Y. J. Lu 1986
See also Chronic 1952 and Newell and Boyd 1975
Sister taxa: Kaibabella (Flattopia), Kaibabella basilica, Kaibabella boydi, Kaibabella ovata, Kaibabella schizodiiformis
Type specimen: Mus N. Ariz G2.1748, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Rimmy Jim Tank, Kaibab Formation, Coconino County, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (5: Arizona, New Mexico)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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