Veteranella jinjiensis Chen 1982 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Full reference: J. H. Chen. 1982. Liassic bivalve fossils from Mount Jinji of Guangdong. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21:404-416

Belongs to Veteranella according to J. H. Chen et al. 1983

See also Chen 1982

Sister taxa: Veteranella (Glyptoleda), Veteranella (Ledoides), Veteranella (Nucundata), Veteranella reidi, Veteranella strenua

Type specimen: NIGP 53279. Its type locality is KHG 44, Jinji Hill, Kaiping, which is in a Bucklandi marine mudstone in the Jinji Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at KHG 44, Jinji Hill, Kaiping

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