Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Originally ranked as a genus. I have been unable to find the first usage of Myalina as a nominate subgenus within genus Myalina. It may be the 1969 Treatise (Cox, et al.)
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Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1842. Description des animaux fossiles qui se trouvent dans le terrain carbonifére de Belgique 97-240
Parent taxon: Myalina according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969
See also de Koninck 1842
Sister taxa: Myalina (Myalinella), Myalina (Orthomyalina), Myalina (Selenimyalina), Myalina banschangensis, Myalina chilena, Myalina compressa, Myalina congeneris, Myalina copei, Myalina dalecarlica, Myalina degeeri, Myalina falcata, Myalina flexuosa, Myalina goldfussiana, Myalina kansasensis, Myalina kiparisovae, Myalina lamellosa, Myalina leptaenarum, Myalina longicardinalis, Myalina longinqua, Myalina mongugaensis, Myalina nemesis, Myalina nessus, Myalina orsae, Myalina parallela, Myalina permiana, Myalina pernaformis, Myalina plicata, Myalina recta, Myalina semiglobosa, Myalina tommasii, Myalina vetusta
Subtaxa: Myalina (Myalina) arbala Myalina (Myalina) aviculoides Myalina (Myalina) copha Myalina (Myalina) glossoidea Myalina (Myalina) lepta Myalina (Myalina) miopetina Myalina (Myalina) petina Myalina (Myalina) pliopetina Myalina (Myalina) sinuata Myalina (Myalina) wyomingensis
Type: Myalina goldfussiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
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