Goniomya Agassiz 1842 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Alternative spelling: Pholadomya (Goniomya)

Parent taxon: Pholadomyidae according to M. Aberhan 2004

See also Choffat 1888, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Agrawalimya, Anomalopleuroidea, Arcomya, Cortinia, Deltamya, Dianomya, Girardotia, Homomya, Homoya, Machomya, Molukkana, Neoburmesia, Osteomya, Pachymya, Parilimya, Pholadomya, Pholadomyinae, Rhytimya, Tetorimya, Triplicosta

Subtaxa: Goniomya (Goniomya) Goniomya angulifera Goniomya aperta Goniomya disangula Goniomya hemicostata Goniomya lacunosa Goniomya literata Goniomya matonabbei Goniomya renevieri Goniomya singaporensis Goniomya verbana Goniomya vespera Pholadomya (Goniomya) beyrichi

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Type: Mya angulifera

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Antarctica (6), Argentina (1), Canada (3: Alberta), Egypt (1), Germany (1), India (2), Japan (13), Mexico (1), Mozambique (5), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (9), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: California, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota)

• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Bulgaria (3), Canada (3: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (17), Ethiopia (1), France (12), Germany (10), Greenland (21), Hungary (2), India (11), Iran (2), Italy (2), Japan (2), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (4), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (2), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (3), the United Kingdom (20), United States (8: Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Wyoming ), Vietnam (1)

• Triassic to Jurassic of Singapore (1)

• Triassic of United States (2: Alaska, Nevada)

• Permian of Madagascar (1)

• Carboniferous of Peru (2)

Total: 209 collections including 216 occurrences

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