Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1957. Lower Permian pelecypods and gastropods from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 41:1-75
Belongs to Leiopteria according to J. M. Dickins 1957
Sister taxa: Leiopteria angusticoncha, Leiopteria australis, Leiopteria consimilis, Leiopteria elegans, Leiopteria inflata, Leiopteria opportuna, Leiopteria rafinesquii, Leiopteria verrucosa, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) aviculaeformis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) bonaerensis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) buhaheensis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) falcata, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) guizhouensis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) zhangi
Type specimen: CPC 2224, a shell. Its type locality is Callytharra Springs (1 mile W), Byro Homestead, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Callytharra Springs (1 mile W), Byro Homestead
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