Palaeolima petaline Zhang 1981 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: Y. X. Zhang. 1981. Late Permian bivalves from Yuanjia of Jiahe, Hunan Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20:260-265

Belongs to Palaeolima according to Y. X. Zhang 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 middlemissi, Palaeolima minima, Palaeolima nakamurai, Palaeolima nodosocostata, Palaeolima planocosta, Palaeolima retifera, Palaeolima sichuanensis, Palaeolima simplex, Palaeolima striatocostata, Paleolima triplistriata

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 low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yuanjia, Jiahe Region (Longtan Fm)

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