Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
Full reference: L. Anelli, A. C. Rocha-Campos, M. G. Simoes and R. Peck. 2009. Pennsylvanian Heteroconchia (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from the Piauí Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 12(2):93-112
Belongs to Chaenomya according to L. Anelli et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Chaenomya guizhouensis, Chaenomya leavenworthensis, Chaenomya nuraensis
Type specimen: GP/1T 2019, a shell (conjoined valves). Its type locality is Mucambo Farmstead, Near the José de Freitas village, which is in a Morrowan/Desmoinesian carbonate dolomite in the Piauí Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mucambo Farmstead, Near the José de Freitas village
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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