Wilkingia inflata Easton 1962 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Alternative combination: Allorisma inflata

Full reference: W. H. Easton. 1962. Carboniferous formations and faunas of central Montana. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 348:1-126

Belongs to Wilkingia according to R. D. Hoare et al. 1989

See also Easton 1962

Sister taxa: Wilkingia abramovi, Wilkingia andrewsi, Wilkingia androsovi, Wilkingia anshunensis, Wilkingia bulkurensis, Wilkingia fengchengensis, Wilkingia guizhouensis, Wilkingia hainanensis, Wilkingia hubeiensis, Wilkingia kutorgana, Wilkingia lunulata, Wilkingia maxvillensis, Wilkingia mediterranea, Wilkingia neglecta, Wilkingia perelegans, Wilkingia pleuromyoides, Wilkingia regularis, Wilkingia rothi, Wilkingia sericea, Wilkingia terminale, Wilkingia terminalis, Wilkingia triangularis, Wilkingia verchojanica, Wilkingia walkeri, Wilkingia wyomingensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS "blue file" Loc13414, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore limestone/siltstone in the Heath Formation of Montana.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Arkansas, Montana collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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