Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Full reference: Y. X. Zhang. 1981. Late Permian bivalves from Yuanjia of Jiahe, Hunan Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20:260-265
Belongs to Leptochondria according to Y. X. Zhang 1981
Sister taxa: Leptochondria aeolicus, Leptochondria albertii, Leptochondria asiatica, Leptochondria bittneri, Leptochondria curtocardinalis, Leptochondria dagestanica, Leptochondria fenghaiensis, Leptochondria hataii, Leptochondria illyrica, Leptochondria intermedia, Leptochondria jiaheensis, Leptochondria lichuanensis, Leptochondria minima, Leptochondria nuetzeli, Leptochondria occidanea, Leptochondria pervulgata, Leptochondria prosoclinus, Leptochondria separata, Leptochondria shoshonensis, Leptochondria simensis, Leptochondria viezzenensis, Leptochondria virgalensis, Leptochondria xijinwulanensis, Leptochondria zhenjiangensis, Orientopecten gujoensis, Pecten (Leptochondria) aeolicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Yuanjia, Jiahe Region (Longtan Fm), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Yuanjia, Jiahe Region (Longtan Fm)
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