†Cowperesia anceps Reed 1935 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pachydomidae

Alternative combination: Pseudocorbula anceps

Synonyms: Pseudocorbula camaquensis Mendes 1944, Pseudocorbula subtriangularis Reed 1935, Pseudocorbula triangularis Mendes 1944

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1935. Some Triassic lamellibranchs from Brazil and Paraguay. Geological Magazine 72:33-42

Belongs to Cowperesia according to J. C. Mendes 1952

See also Mendes 1944 and Reed 1935

Sister taxon: Cowperesia emerita

Type specimens:

  • Cowperesia anceps: SM F1201, a valve (left valve)
  • Pseudocorbula camaquensis: Its type locality is Railway Cutting, 1.5km SE of Camaquã Station, which is in a Capitanian/Wuchiapingian lacustrine marl in the Corumbataí Formation of Brazil.
  • Pseudocorbula subtriangularis: Its type locality is Rio Claro, Canoinhas, which is in a Wordian lacustrine - large limestone in the Teresina Formation of Brazil.
  • Pseudocorbula triangularis: 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 (14 collections)

Total: 14 collections including 19 occurrences

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