Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Mollusca and correlations from the south-east Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(4-6):129-233
Belongs to Eurydesma according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: Eurydesma aequale, Eurydesma alisulcatum, Eurydesma altum, Eurydesma amygdalinum, Eurydesma austini, Eurydesma burnettensis, Eurydesma compressa, Eurydesma cordatum, Eurydesma demissum, Eurydesma hobartense, Eurydesma inflatum, Eurydesma manendragarhensis, Eurydesma mytiloides, Eurydesma obscurum, Eurydesma pertenue, Eurydesma perversum, Eurydesma playfordi, Eurydesma punjabicum, Eurydesma subdepressa, Eurydesma subobliquum, Eurydesma subovatum, Eurydesma subtriangularis
Type specimen: UQF 74317, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is UQ L4825, Rose's Pride Mine, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone in the Buffel Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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