Palaeolima anfuensis Li and Ding 1982 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

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

Belongs to Palaeolima according to J. H. Li and B. L. Ding 1982

Sister taxa: Palaeolima afanasievi, Palaeolima anshunensis, Palaeolima antinaoensis, Palaeolima badiotica, Palaeolima chekiangensis, Palaeolima dieneri, Palaeolima fasciculicostata, Palaeolima footei, Palaeolima hunanensis, Palaeolima jiaheensis, Palaeolima kasanensis, Palaeolima krotowi, Palaeolima laticostata, Palaeolima middlemissi, Palaeolima minima, Palaeolima nakamurai, Palaeolima nodosocostata, Palaeolima petaline, Palaeolima planocosta, Palaeolima retifera, Palaeolima sichuanensis, Palaeolima simplex, Palaeolima striatocostata, Paleolima triplistriata

Type specimen: Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-2555, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Yaling, Anfu County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Loping Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yaling, Anfu County

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