Oriocrassatella rutogensis Liu and Cui 1983 (clam)

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Oriocrassatellidae

Full reference: B. P. Liu and X. S. Cui. 1983. Discovery of Eurydesma fauna from Rutog, northwest Xizang (Tibet), and its biogeographic significance. Earth Science - Journal of Wuhan College of Geology 19(1):79-92

Belongs to Oriocrassatella according to B. P. Liu and X. S. Cui 1983

Sister taxa: Oriocrassatella brenensis, Oriocrassatella compressa, Oriocrassatella elongata, Oriocrassatella intermedia, Oriocrassatella lapidaria, Oriocrassatella piauiensis, Oriocrassatella plana, Oriocrassatella stokesi, Oriocrassatella victori

Type specimen: Its type locality is Duoma District, Rutog County, Qudi Formation, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Qudi Formation of China

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Duoma District, Rutog County, Qudi Formation

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