Liebea Waagen 1881 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328

Parent taxon: Myalinidae according to N. D. Newell 1939

See also Biakov 2015 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arctomyalina, Aviculomyalina, Boiomytilus, Dorcadungula, Elversella, Hemimenion, Myalina, Naiadites, Novaculapermia, Pachymytilus, Posidoniella, Promyalina, Pseudomyalina, Pseudopachymytilus, Selenimyalina, Selenimyalininae, Septimyalina, Anthraconauta

Subtaxa: Liebea dieneri Liebea indica Liebea macros Liebea mediterranea Liebea sacculus Liebea septifer Liebea squamosa

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (17 collections), Germany (2), Greenland (1), Italy (2), Laos (1), Latvia (2), Lithuania (4), Madagascar (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (3), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (15), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tanzania (5), the United Kingdom (59)

Total: 119 collections including 124 occurrences

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