Amphiclina taurica Moisseiev 1932 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Koninckinidae

Full reference: A. S. Moisseiev. 1932. O faune i flore Triasovykh otlozheniy doliny reki Salgir v Krymu. Izvestiya Vsesoyuznogo Geologo-Razvedochnogo Obedineniya 51(39):591-604

Belongs to Amphiclina according to D. L. Sun 1981

See also Moisseiev 1932

Sister taxa: Amphiclina (Amphiclinodonta), Amphiclina amoena, Amphiclina aucta, Amphiclina bukowskii, Amphiclina coarctatae, Amphiclina dubia, Amphiclina intermedia, Amphiclina scitula, Amphiclina squamula, Amphiclina suessii, Amphiclina ungulina

Type specimen: TsNIGR 20/3807. Its type locality is Salgir River near Eski-Orda village, higher limestone blocks, Crimea, which is in a Rhaetian carbonate limestone in Ukraine.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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