Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Palaeomutelidae
Full reference: Y. J. Lu. 1986. Permian lamellibranchs from Buha River valley, Tianjun district, Qinghai. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25(4):463-473
Belongs to Palaeomutela according to Y. J. Lu 1986
Sister taxa: Palaeomutela (Palaeanodonta), Palaeomutela australis, Palaeomutela curiosa, Palaeomutela golubevi, Palaeomutela keyserlingi, Palaeomutela krotowi, Palaeomutela larae, Palaeomutela neglecta, Palaeomutela numerosa, Palaeomutela oblonga, Palaeomutela ovatiformis, Palaeomutela platinensis, Palaeomutela quadriangularis, Palaeomutela rhomboidalis, Palaeomutela stegocephalum, Palaeomutela subparallela, Palaeomutela triangulata, Palaeomutela ulemensis, Palaeomutela umbonata, Palaeomutela wohrmani, Hinganodon triangulatum
Type specimen: Y1605, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Jianghe East valley, YPIIF23-4, Tianjun District, which is in a Wuchiapingian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Zhongshigong Formation of China.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Jianghe East valley, YPIIF23-4, Tianjun District
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