Wilkingia rothi Newell 1940 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Alternative combination: Allorisma rothi

Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1940. Invertebrate fauna of the late Permian Whitehorse Sandstone. Geological Society of America Bulletin 51:261-335

Belongs to Wilkingia according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Clifton 1942 and Newell 1940

Sister taxa: Wilkingia abramovi, Wilkingia andrewsi, Wilkingia androsovi, Wilkingia anshunensis, Wilkingia bulkurensis, Wilkingia fengchengensis, Wilkingia guizhouensis, Wilkingia hainanensis, Wilkingia hubeiensis, Wilkingia inflata, Wilkingia kutorgana, Wilkingia lunulata, Wilkingia maxvillensis, Wilkingia mediterranea, Wilkingia neglecta, Wilkingia perelegans, Wilkingia pleuromyoides, Wilkingia regularis, Wilkingia sericea, Wilkingia terminale, Wilkingia terminalis, Wilkingia triangularis, Wilkingia verchojanica, Wilkingia walkeri, Wilkingia wyomingensis

Type specimen: UW 20796

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (11: Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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