Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Alternative combination: Myalina (Myalina) copei
Belongs to Myalina according to C. A. McRoberts and N. D. Newell 2005
See also Newell 1942
Sister taxa: Myalina (Myalina), Myalina (Myalinella), Myalina (Orthomyalina), Myalina (Selenimyalina), Myalina banschangensis, Myalina chilena, Myalina compressa, Myalina congeneris, Myalina dalecarlica, Myalina degeeri, Myalina falcata, Myalina flexuosa, Myalina golfussiana, 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is McKenszie's Trail, near Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, which is in an Asselian marine horizon in the Moran Formation of Texas
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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