Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Synonym: Myalina apachesi Marcou 1858 [replaced name]
Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1942. Lower Paleozoic pelecypods: Mytilacea. University of Kansas Publications 10(2):1-115
Belongs to Septimyalina according to J. A. Spielmann et al. 2005
See also Chronic 1953, Clifton 1942, Kues 1995, Marcou 1858 and Newell 1942
Sister taxa: Septimyalina orbiculata, Septimyalina orthonota, Septimyalina perattenuata, Septimyalina quadrangularis, Septimyalina scitula, Septimyalina sinuosa, Septimyalina sultanaevi
Type specimens:
- Septimyalina burmai: USGS 2497, a shell (Articulated shell)
- Myalina apachesi: Its type locality is Pecos village, which is in a Kasimovian/Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Alamitos Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), Peru (2), United States (24: Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (10: Kansas, New Mexico, Utah)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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