Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Alternative combination: Atomodesma licharewi
Full reference: V. A. Muromtseva. 1984. Taxonomic Descriptions. Permskie Morskie Otlozheniya I Dvustvorchatie Mollyuski Sovetskoi Arktiki 1-154
Belongs to Cigarella according to A. S. Biakov et al. 2018
See also Astaf'yeva 1988, Astafieva 1993 and Muromtseva 1984
Sister taxa: Cigarella borlichi, Cigarella muromtsevae, Cigarella sartangensis, Cigarella triangula, Cigarella varvarae
Type specimen: 142/11570. Its type locality is Bulkur River, 9 km from mouth, Verkhoyan, which is in a Capitanian marine siliciclastic in the Dulgalakh Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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