Kaibabella (Flattopia) axinia Waterhouse 1987 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Mollusca and correlations from the south-east Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(4-6):129-233

Belongs to Kaibabella (Flattopia) according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UQ F74373, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is UQ L4594, quarry along highway north of Theodore, Bowen Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (11 collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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