Claraia fenghaiensis Wang 1993 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae

Full reference: M. Wang. 1993. Bivalve fauna from uppermost Permian and lowermost Triassic of Fenghai, Yong'an, Fujian. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32(4):471-475

Belongs to Claraia according to M. Wang 1993

Sister taxa: Claraia (Pteroclaraia), Claraia amygdaliformis, Claraia anulata, Claraia aurita, Claraia bioni, Claraia bittneri, Claraia chakkapaki, Claraia clarai, Claraia concentrica, Claraia dieneri, Claraia extrema, Claraia fukianensis, Claraia griesbachi, Claraia guangyuanensis, Claraia guizhouensis, Claraia hunanica, Claraia intermedia, Claraia jiangyouensis, Claraia liuqiaoensis, Claraia longyanensis, Claraia mulleri, Claraia ovalis, Claraia pamirensis, Claraia perthensis, Claraia posidoniformis, Claraia pulchella, Claraia punjabiensis, Claraia radialis, Claraia shabaonica, Claraia stachei, Claraia stavropolica, Claraia subwangi, Claraia vozini, Claraia wangi, Claraia zhongzaiensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) extrema, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) intermediaeformis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) kilenensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) subaurita, Pseudoclaraia aurantiformis, Peribositra baoqingensis

Type specimen: FJ-47-38, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Jueqian Bed 47, Fenghai, Yong'an County, which is in a Griesbachian marine siltstone in the Xikou Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jueqian Bed 47, Fenghai, Yong'an County

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