Leidapoconcha gigantea Stiller and Chen 2006 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Mysidiellidae

Full reference: F. Stiller and J. Chen. 2006. New Mysidiellidae (Bivalvia) from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Qingyan, south-west China. Palaeontology 49(1):213-227

Belongs to Leidapoconcha according to Stiller and Chen 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGPAS 137015. Its type locality is Leidapo/Bangtoupo, Qingyan, which is in an Anisian open shallow subtidal mudstone/mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Qingyan Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Leidapo/Bangtoupo, Qingyan

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