Tulongella Chen and Chen 1976 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae

Parent taxon: Laternulidae according to Chen and Chen 1976

See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anatimya, Cercomya, Laternula, Orthomya, Periplomya, Planariomya, Platymyoidea, Plectomya

Subtaxa: Tulongella qinghaiensis Tulongella xizangensis

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Type: Tulongella xizangensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tulong, Nielamu / Nyalam (Qulonggongba Fm) (Triassic of China)

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