Praeotapiria bakevelliaeformis Kurushin 1985 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae

Alternative combinations: Otapiria (Praeotapiria) bakevelliaeformis, Otapiria bakevelliaeformis

Full reference: N. I. Kurushin. 1985. Description of bivalves, in Triasovye brakhiopody i dvustvorchatye mollyuski severa sredney Sibiri. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Sibirskoe Otdelenie Trudy Instituta Geologii I Geofiziki 633:39-111

Belongs to Praeotapiria according to A. S. Dagis et al. 1996

See also Kurushin 1985 and Ros-Franch et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Zandaia angusta

Type specimen: IGiG 753/9869

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Taas-Ary Island, contrarium zone, lower Lena River (Triassic of Russian Federation)

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