Permartella quadrata Yancey 1985 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Full reference: T. E. Yancey. 1985. Bivalvia of the H. S. Lee Formation (Permian) of Malaysia. Journal of Paleontology 59(5):1286-1297

Belongs to Permartella according to T. E. Yancey 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM 10159. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, alatoconchid zone, Kinta Valley, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the H. S. Lee Formation of Malaysia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, alatoconchid zone, Kinta Valley

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