†Pleuromya prima Hautmann et al. 2013 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Full reference: M. Hautmann, A. B. Smith, A. J. McGowan and H. Bucher. 2013. Bivalves from the Olenekian (Early Triassic) of south-western Utah: systematics and evolutionary significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:263-293
Belongs to Pleuromya according to M. Hautmann et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 543542. Its type locality is Beaver Dam Mountains BM1, Bed 9, which is in a Spathian carbonate siltstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Utah.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Beaver Dam Mountains BM1, Bed 9
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