Leptochondria zhenjiangensis Li et al. 1982 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae

Full reference: J. H. Li, B. L. Ding, and C. Li. 1982. Lamellibranchiata. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:307-323

Belongs to Leptochondria according to J. H. Li et al. 1982

Sister taxa: Leptochondria aeolicus, Leptochondria albertii, Leptochondria asiatica, Leptochondria bittneri, Leptochondria curtocardinalis, Leptochondria dagestanica, Leptochondria fenghaiensis, Leptochondria hataii, Leptochondria illyrica, Leptochondria intermedia, Leptochondria jiaheensis, Leptochondria lichuanensis, Leptochondria minima, Leptochondria nuetzeli, Leptochondria occidanea, Leptochondria pervulgata, Leptochondria prosoclinus, Leptochondria pyriformis, Leptochondria separata, Leptochondria shoshonensis, Leptochondria simensis, Leptochondria viezzenensis, Leptochondria virgalensis, Leptochondria xijinwulanensis, Orientopecten gujoensis, Pecten (Leptochondria) aeolicus

Type specimen: Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-2537, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Funiushan, Longtan Fm, Zhenjiang City, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Funiushan, Longtan Fm, Zhenjiang City

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