Yuexiconcha duplicata Niu et al. 2023 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Full reference: Z. Niu, R. Zhang, P. A. Johnston, C. Li, Z. Wang, K. Hu, and F. Song. 2023. Yuexiconcha nov. gen. – a resilifer-bearing palaeotaxodont (Bivalvia, Protobranchia) from the Ordovician of Guangdong, South China. Geobios 81:121-134

Belongs to Yuexiconcha according to Z. Niu et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Ng739. Its type locality is near Gankeng Village, which is in a Darriwilian/Sandbian marine horizon in the Dongchong Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at near Gankeng Village

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