Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Full reference: Z. J. Fang and D. W. Yin. 1995. Discovery of fossil bivalves from Early Permian of Dongfang, Hainan Island with a review of glaciomarine origin of Nanlong diamictites. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 34:301-315

Belongs to Wilkingia according to Z. J. Fang and D. W. Yin 1995

Sister taxa: Wilkingia andrewsi, Wilkingia androsovi, Wilkingia bulkurensis, Wilkingia fengchengensis, Wilkingia hubeiensis, Wilkingia inflata, Wilkingia kutorgana, Wilkingia maxvillensis, Wilkingia mediterranea, Wilkingia neglecta, Wilkingia perelegans, Wilkingia pleuromyoides, Wilkingia rothi, Wilkingia sericea, Wilkingia terminale, Wilkingia triangularis, Wilkingia verchojanica, Wilkingia walkeri, Wilkingia wyomingensis

Type specimen: NIGP 121243, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Jiangbian, Dongfang, which is in a Wordian marine sandstone in the Nanlong Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell length 26.3