Alula squamulifera Girty 1912 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1912. On some invertebrate fossils from the Lykins formation of eastern Colorado. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 22:1-8

Belongs to Alula according to H. Chronic 1952

See also Girty 1912

Sister taxa: Alula anhuiensis, Alula gilberti

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lot 3264, Heygood Canyon (Permian of Colorado)

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