ammonites
Edmondia tiesseni Frech 1911 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae

Full reference: F. Frech. 1911. Obere Neodyas von Hunan (Hwang-I-Kang am Lui-Ho, oberhalb Lui-Yang-Hsien) aus Ngan-Whei und Hupei. China: Ergebnisse Eigener Reisen und Darauf Gegründeter Studien 5:184-194

Belongs to Edmondia according to Z.J. Fang 1987

Sister taxa: Edmondia aspinwallensis, Edmondia bellula, Edmondia crassa, Edmondia dubia, Edmondia elongata, Edmondia equilateralis, Edmondia gibbosa, Edmondia grandis, Edmondia guembeli, Edmondia hudsoni, Edmondia isocosmica, Edmondia multilamellosa, Edmondia nebrascensis, Edmondia netschajewi, Edmondia nodulifera, Edmondia omolonica, Edmondia ovata, Edmondia phosphatica, Edmondia pitkinensis, Edmondia prichardi, Edmondia rotunda, Edmondia suborbiculata, Edmondia suborbiculata, Edmondia sulcata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hwang-i-kang, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in China

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve length 23.7