Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: J. P. Neves, L. E. Anelli, and M. S. Simões. 2014. Early Permian post-glacial bivalve faunas of the Itararé Group, Paraná Basin, Brazil: Paleoecology and biocorrelations with South American intraplate basins. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 52:203-233
Belongs to Volsellina according to J. P. Neves et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Volsellina carinata, Volsellina equatorialis, Volsellina heywoodi, Volsellina ornatissima, Volsellina subelliptica, Volsellina transparens, Volsellina yunnanensis
Type specimen: DGM-4369, a shell. Its type locality is Rio d'Areia, Teixeira Soares region, Paraná State, which is in an Asselian marine siltstone in the Taciba Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Rio d'Areia, Teixeira Soares region, Paraná State
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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