Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Alternative spelling: Atomodesminae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1976. New occurrences of brachiopod and bivalve species from the Arthurton Group of South Otago and Southland, New Zealand with comments on structure and stratigraphy. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6(2):227-252
Parent taxon: Atomodesmatidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Biakov 2008 and Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Malimanininae, Permoceraminae
Subtaxa: Aphanaia Atomodesma Cigarella Costatoaphanaia Evenia Intomodesma Maitaia Okhotodesma Trabeculatia
Type: Atomodesma
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (11 collections), Indonesia (2), the Russian Federation (12), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Permian of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (3), Australia (45), Brazil (1), Canada (2: Yukon), China (2), Greenland (4), India (1), Indonesia (7), Namibia (1), Nepal (10), New Caledonia (6), New Zealand (39), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (154), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1)
Total: 309 collections including 335 occurrences