Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative combination: Pseudocorbula falconeri
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1934. Triassic Lamellibranchia from Uruguay. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(74):264-273
Belongs to Terraia according to M. G. Simões et al. 2017
See also Cox 1934, Mendes 1952 and Reed 1935
Sister taxa: Terraia aequilateralis, Terraia altissima, Terraia angusta, Terraia bipleura, Terraia curvata, Terraia decarinata, Terraia martialis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerro del Hospital, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian lacustrine sandstone in the Estrada Nova Formation of Uruguay
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Brazil (2 collections), Uruguay (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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