Cyrtorostra obeliscus Liang 1980 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Full reference: Z. F. Liang. 1980. Mollusca. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:429-484

Belongs to Cyrtorostra according to Z. F. Liang 1980

Sister taxa: Cyrtorostra atavum, Cyrtorostra cardiiformis, Cyrtorostra caucasica, Cyrtorostra fraterna, Cyrtorostra jisuensis, Cyrtorostra laticostata, Cyrtorostra limitans, Cyrtorostra lunwalensis, Cyrtorostra nana, Cyrtorostra omanensis, Cyrtorostra primorica, Cyrtorostra subexotica, Cyrtorostra trifurcata, Cyrtorostra varicostata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Debosi northeast, Ke'erqin Youqi Qianqi, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Wujiatun Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Debosi northeast, Ke'erqin Youqi Qianqi

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