Palaeolima afanasievi Muromtseva 1984 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: V. A. Muromtseva. 1984. Taxonomic Descriptions. Permskie Morskie Otlozheniya I Dvustvorchatie Mollyuski Sovetskoi Arktiki 1-154

Belongs to Palaeolima according to V. A. Muromtseva 1984

Sister taxa: Palaeolima anfuensis, Palaeolima anshunensis, Palaeolima antinaoensis, Palaeolima badiotica, Palaeolima chekiangensis, Palaeolima dieneri, Palaeolima fasciculicostata, Palaeolima footei, Palaeolima hunanensis, Palaeolima jiaheensis, Palaeolima kasanensis, Palaeolima krotowi, Palaeolima laticostata, Palaeolima middlemissi, Palaeolima minima, Palaeolima nakamurai, Palaeolima nodosocostata, Palaeolima petaline, Palaeolima planocosta, Palaeolima retifera, Palaeolima sichuanensis, Palaeolima simplex, Palaeolima striatocostata, Paleolima triplistriata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kir Creek, Dyby River Basin, Southern Verkhoyan, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Imtachan Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kir Creek, Dyby River Basin, Southern Verkhoyan

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