Gujocardita elliptica Fang 1987 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Full reference: Z.J. Fang. 1987. Bivalves from the upper part of the Permian in southern Hunan, China. Collection of Postgraduate Theses of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica 1987(1):349-411

Belongs to Gujocardita according to Z.J. Fang 1987

Sister taxa: Gujocardita curta, Gujocardita obesa, Gujocardita oblonga, Gujocardita oviformis, Gujocardita parviradiatus, Gujocardita subquadrata

Type specimen: NIGP 71774, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Douling, Changning (Douling Fm, Upper Mb), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mudstone in the Douling Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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