†Elegantinia lijiangensis Guo 1985 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Full reference: F. X. Guo. 1985. Fossil Bivalves of Yunnan 1-319
Belongs to Elegantinia according to F. X. Guo 1985
Sister taxa: Elegantinia elegans, Elegantinia paullorum, Myophoria (Elegantinia) grahami, Myophoria (Elegantinia) venusta
Type specimen: IVy 0149, a valve (Left valve, external mold). Its type locality is Changsongping, Baoshan Village, Lijiang, which is in an Induan/Olenekian marine horizon in the Lamei Formation of China.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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