Wilkingia hainanensis Fang and Yin 1995 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Full reference: Z. J. Fang and D. W. Yin. 1995. Discovery of fossil bivalves from Early Permian of Dongfang, Hainan Island with a review of glaciomarine origin of Nanlong diamictites. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 34:301-315

Belongs to Wilkingia according to Z. J. Fang and D. W. Yin 1995

Sister taxa: Wilkingia abramovi, Wilkingia andrewsi, Wilkingia androsovi, Wilkingia anshunensis, Wilkingia bulkurensis, Wilkingia fengchengensis, Wilkingia guizhouensis, 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: NIGP 121243, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Jiangbian, Dongfang, which is in a Wordian marine sandstone in the Nanlong Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jiangbian, Dongfang

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