Janeia elliptica Zhang 1977 (Awning Clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Alternative combination: Solemya (Janeia) elliptica

Full reference: R. J. Zhang. 1977. Bivalvia. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:471-533

Belongs to Janeia according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Fang 1987 and Zhang 1977

Sister taxa: Solemya (Austrosolemya), Solemya (Petrasma), Solemya (Pseudacharax), Solemya (Solemya), Solemya (Solemyarina), Solemya (Zesolemya), Solemya abbreviata, Solemya alabamensis, Solemya funingensis, Solemya insignifica, Solemya lamarckiana, Solemya lomitensis, Solemya petricoloides, Solemya subplicata, Solemya sulcifera, Solemya togata, Solenomya semseyana, Solenomya sharonensis, Solenomya translineata, Solemya (Janeia) minuta, Solenomya (Janeia) trapezoides, Solemya (Janeia) tibetica

Type specimen: IV55263, a valve (Right valve)

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Permian of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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