Pseudosaxicava palaeosinensis Stiller 2006 (clam)

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Full reference: F. Stiller. 2006. Early Jurassic shallow-marine bivalves from Xiaping, southern Hunan, China. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 274(1-2):1-70

Belongs to Pseudosaxicava according to F. Stiller 2006

Sister taxa: Pseudosaxicava bernardi, Pseudosaxicava huananensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Moshuiwan near Xiaping, Horizon A, Southeastern Hunan, which is in a Hettangian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in the Xintianmen Formation of China

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Moshuiwan near Xiaping, Horizon A, Southeastern Hunan

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