Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Full reference: C. A. McRoberts and N. D. Newell. 2005. Marine Myalinidae (Bivalvia: Pterioida) from the Permian of West Texas. American Museum Novitates 3469:1-15
Belongs to Myalina according to C. A. McRoberts and N. D. Newell 2005
Sister taxa: Myalina (Myalina), 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 recta, Myalina semiglobosa, Myalina tommasii, Myalina vetusta
Type specimen: Its type locality is KU27, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian open shallow subtidal wackestone in the Word Formation of Texas
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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