Palaeolima middlemissi Nakazawa 1981 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: K. Nakazawa. 1981. Permian and Triassic bivalves of Kashmir. The Upper Permian and Lower Triassic faunas of Kashmir. Palaeontologia Indica New Series 46:88-122

Belongs to Palaeolima according to K. Nakazawa 1981

Sister taxa: Palaeolima afanasievi, 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 minima, Palaeolima nakamurai, Palaeolima nodosocostata, Palaeolima petaline, Palaeolima planocosta, Palaeolima retifera, Palaeolima sichuanensis, Palaeolima simplex, Palaeolima striatocostata, Paleolima triplistriata

Type specimen: GSI 19431. Its type locality is Guryul Ravine Bed 45, Member D, which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Zewan Formation of India.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian to Triassic of India (2 collections)

• Permian of India (5)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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