Comptio weiyuanensis Liu and Luo 1978 (freshwater mussel)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Belongs to Comptio according to Liu and Luo 1978

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, SBi300. Its type locality is Lianjiechang, Weiyuan, which is in a Triassic fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Wuzhongshan Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lianjiechang, Weiyuan

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