Hiatella tumulensis Kurushin 1992 (clam)

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Full reference: N. I. Kurushin. 1992. Triasovye Paleogeterodontnye i Geterodontnye Dvustvorki Sibiri. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki 742:1-86

Belongs to Hiatella according to N. I. Kurushin 1992

Sister taxa: Clotho, Hiatella (Hiatella), Hiatella arctica, Hiatella arenicola, Hiatella australis, Hiatella curta, Hiatella fabacea, Hiatella rotundata, Hiatella sinemuriensis, Hiatella solida, Hiatella tenella, Hiatella tenuis, Saxicava fragilis, Saxicava albertensis

Type specimen: TsSGM 950/183, a shell (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is Tumul Cape, Arctoptychites omolojensis zone, Olenek River, which is in a Fassanian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tumul Cape, Arctoptychites omolojensis zone, Olenek River

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