Pseudosaxicava Chavan 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Parent taxon: Hiatellidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cyrtodaria, Glycimeris, Hiatella, Hiatellinae, Panomya, Panopea, Panopeinae, Turneria, Pholeobia

Subtaxa: Pseudosaxicava bernardi Pseudosaxicava huananensis Pseudosaxicava palaeosinensis

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Type: Pseudosaxicava bernardi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Moshuiwan near Xiaping, Horizon A, Southeastern Hunan (Jurassic of China)

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