Retroceramus originalis Koschelkina 1985 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Full reference: E. V. Koschelkina. 1985. Nekotorye dvustvorchatye mollyuski iz Aalenskikh otlozheniy basseyna R. Viligi. Dvustvorchatye i Golovonogie Mollyuski Mezozoya Severo-Vostoka SSSR 57-74

Belongs to Retroceramus according to E. V. Koschelkina 1985

Sister taxa: Retroceramus (Fractoceramus), Retroceramus (Striatoceramus), Retroceramus clinatus, Retroceramus elegans, Retroceramus haasti, Retroceramus jurensis, Retroceramus menneri, Retroceramus obliquus, Retroceramus popovi, Retroceramus priscus, Retroceramus provincialis, Retroceramus solidus, Retroceramus subtilis, Retroceramus xiaoshuiensis

Type specimen: SVKNII 2c-87-2/K-78. Its type locality is Viliga river below Yaschan creek, bed 10 (lower), which is in an Opalinum marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Viliga river below Yaschan creek, bed 10 (lower)

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