Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Full reference: J. H. Li and B. L. Ding. 1982. Taxonomic names: Lamellibranchiata. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:307-323
Belongs to Wilkingia according to J. H. Li and B. L. Ding 1982
Sister taxa: Wilkingia abramovi, Wilkingia andrewsi, Wilkingia androsovi, Wilkingia anshunensis, Wilkingia bulkurensis, Wilkingia guizhouensis, Wilkingia hainanensis, Wilkingia hubeiensis, Wilkingia inflata, Wilkingia kutorgana, Wilkingia lunulata, Wilkingia maxvillensis, Wilkingia mediterranea, Wilkingia neglecta, Wilkingia perelegans, Wilkingia pleuromyoides, Wilkingia regularis, Wilkingia rothi, Wilkingia sericea, Wilkingia terminale, Wilkingia terminalis, Wilkingia triangularis, Wilkingia verchojanica, Wilkingia walkeri, Wilkingia wyomingensis
Type specimen: Nanjing Inst Geol Min Res HI-2516, a shell (Articulated steinkern). Its type locality is Meixianling, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Loping Formation of China.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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