†Phaenodesmia peruana Jaworski 1922 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Full reference: E. Jaworski. 1922. Die marine Trias in Süd-America. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 47(Supplement):93-200
Belongs to Phaenodesmia according to E. Jaworski 1922
Sister taxa: Phaenodesmia areolata, Phaenodesmia klipsteiniana, Phaenodesmia laubeana, Phaenodesmia similis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Uliachin, Cerro de Pasco (Conglomerate), which is in a Ladinian marine conglomerate in Peru
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Peru (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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