Palaeocorbula Reed 1932 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1932. New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir. Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20(1):1-79

Parent taxon: Sanguinolitidae according to C. Galli 2013

See also Morris et al. 1991, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Alulinae, Leptodomus, Paleodorinae, Pholadellinae, Sanguinolitinae, Sueroa, Undulomyinae, Vacunellinae, Verchanogrammysia, Elymella

Subtaxa: Palaeocorbula difficilis Palaeocorbula dubia

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Type: Palaeocorbula difficilis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of India (1 collection), Pakistan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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