Kaibabella Chronic 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae

Full reference: H. Chronic. 1952. Molluscan fauna from the Permian Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 63(2):95-166

Parent taxon: Eoastartinae according to L. H. C. Mello 1999

See also Newell and Boyd 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxon: Eoastarte

Subtaxa: Kaibabella (Flattopia) Kaibabella basilica Kaibabella boydi Kaibabella curvilenata Kaibabella ovata Kaibabella schizodiiformis

View classification

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (16 collections), China (1), United States (8: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.