Badiotella gracilis Broili 1904 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: F. Broili. 1904. Die Fauna Pachycardientuffe der Seiser Alp (mit Ausschluss der Gastropoden und Cephalopoden). Palaeontographica 50:145-227

Belongs to Badiotella according to F. Broili 1904

Sister taxa: Badiotella concentrica, Badiotella schaurothiana, Badiotella subpunctata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pachycardientuff Fauna, Seiser Alm, which is in a Longobardian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pachycardientuff Fauna, Seiser Alm

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