Barbosaia angulata Mendes 1952 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Full reference: J. C. Mendes. 1952. Formação Corumbataí na região do Rio Corumbataí (estratigrafia e descrição dos lamelibrânquios). Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia Ciéncias e Letras 145. Series Geologia 8:1-119

Belongs to Barbosaia according to J. C. Mendes 1952

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Santa Terezinha, Piracicaba, which is in a Capitanian/Wuchiapingian lacustrine siltstone in the Corumbataí Formation of Brazil

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Santa Terezinha, Piracicaba

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