Isocyprina lhasaensis Yin and Grant-Mackie 2005 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Full reference: J. Yin and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2005. Late Triassic–Jurassic bivalves from volcanic sediments of the Lhasa block, Tibet. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 48:555-576

Belongs to Isocyprina according to J. Yin and J. A. Grant-Mackie 2005

Sister taxa: Isocyprina (Eotrapezium), Isocyprina alcyon, Isocyprina ancatruzi, Isocyprina concentrica, Isocyprina cyreniforme, Isocyprina ewaldi, Protocardia (Isocyprina) timorensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xiabolang Section, 21P12, Jiaxin, which is in a Rhaetian marginal marine sandstone in the Yeba Formation of China

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xiabolang Section, 21P12, Jiaxin

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