Roxoa intrigans Mendes 1944 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae

Alternative combination: Anoplophora intricans

Full reference: J. C. Mendes. 1944. Lamelibrânquios triássicos de Rio Claro (Estado de São Paulo). Boletim Da Faculdade De Filosofia Ciências E Letras, Universidade De São Paulo, Geologia 1:41-74

Belongs to Roxoa according to J. C. Mendes 1952

See also Mendes 1944

Sister taxon: Roxoa corumbataiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chácara Sr. Raven, 2km NE of Corumbataí, which is in a Capitanian/Wuchiapingian lacustrine marl in the Corumbataí Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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