Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Full reference: R. B. Newton. 1895. On a collection of fossils from Madagascar obtained by the Rev. R. Baron. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 51:72-92
Belongs to Perna according to R. B. Newton 1895
Sister taxa: Isognomon (Hippochaeta), Isognomon (Iranognomon), Isognomon (Isognomon), Isognomon (Melina), Isognomon (Mulletia), Isognomon (Parviperna), Isognomon (Semignomon), Isognomon alatus, Isognomon bicolor, Isognomon gariesensis, Isognomon gaudichaudi, Isognomon isognomoides, Isognomon isognomon, Isognomon isognomonoides, Isognomon legumen, Isognomon lusitanicus, Isognomon maxillata, Isognomon nucleus, Isognomon orientalis, Isognomon perna, Isognomon radiatus, Isognomon repini, Isognomon ricordeanus, Isognomon valvanoi, Perna loczyi, Perna mytiloides, Perna subplana, Perna inaequivalvis, Perna infraliasica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Andranosamonta Village, which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in the Oolite Formation of Madagascar
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Andranosamonta Village
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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