Goniomya matonabbei McLearn 1933 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1933. Pelecypods of the Lower Cretaceous Clearwater Formation. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 27(4):139-156

Belongs to Goniomya according to F. H. McLearn 1933

See also Imlay 1961

Sister taxa: Goniomya (Goniomya), Goniomya angulifera, Goniomya aperta, Goniomya disangula, Goniomya hemicostata, Goniomya lacunosa, Goniomya literata, Goniomya renevieri, Goniomya singaporensis, Goniomya verbana, Goniomya vespera, Pholadomya (Goniomya) beyrichi

Type specimen: Nat. Mus. of Canada 7415, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Clearwater Fm (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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