ammonites
Palaeolima petaline Zhang 1981 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: Y. X. Zhang. 1981. Late Permian bivalves from Yuanjia of Jiahe, Hunan Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20:260-265

Belongs to Palaeolima according to Y. X. Zhang 1981

Sister taxa: Palaeolima afanasievi, Palaeolima anfuensis, Palaeolima antinaoensis, Palaeolima chekiangensis, Palaeolima dieneri, Palaeolima fasciculicostata, Palaeolima footei, Palaeolima hunanensis, Palaeolima jiaheensis, Palaeolima kasanensis, Palaeolima krotowi, Palaeolima laticostata, Palaeolima middlemissi, Palaeolima minima, Palaeolima nakamurai

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yuanjia, Jiahe Region (Longtan Fm), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder