Kaibabella ovata Waterhouse 1983 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1983. Taxonomic names, in The sequence of Permian rocks and faunas near Exmoor Homestead south of Collinsville, north Bowen Basin. Permian Geology of Queensland 231-267

Belongs to Kaibabella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1983

Sister taxa: Kaibabella (Flattopia), Kaibabella basilica, Kaibabella boydi, Kaibabella curvilenata, Kaibabella schizodiiformis

Type specimen: UQ F63684. Its type locality is UQ L3723, Exmoor Homestead, which is in a Roadian marine sandstone in the Gebbie Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UQ L3723, Exmoor Homestead

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