Qiyangia loxos Chen and Xu 1980 (freshwater mussel)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Belongs to Qiyangia according to Chen and Xu 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGPAS 47603. Its type locality is Guanyintan, Qiyang (Guanyintan Formation), which is in a Jurassic fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Guanyintan Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Guanyintan, Qiyang (Guanyintan Formation)

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