Stutchburia muderongensis Dickins 1956 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1956. Permian pelecypods from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 29:1-42

Belongs to Stutchburia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1980

See also Dickins 1956

Sister taxa: Pleurophorus pinnaformis, Stutchburia brasiliensis, Stutchburia compressa, Stutchburia costata, Stutchburia cuneata, Stutchburia dianensis, Stutchburia etheridgei, Stutchburia farleyensis, Stutchburia guangdongensis, Stutchburia hoskingae, Stutchburia hunanensis, Stutchburia jiangxiensis, Stutchburia modioliformis, Stutchburia obliqua, Stutchburia oblonga, Stutchburia pallasi, Stutchburia recta, Stutchburia sangallii, Stutchburia simplex, Stutchburia sonorensis, Stutchburia tschernyschewi, Stutchburia variabilis, Stutchburia veneris, Netschajewia fenghaiensis, Netschajewia svilajiensis, Netschajewia elongata, Netschajewia jiangsuensis, Netschajewia anshunensis

Type specimen: CPC 747, a shell (Steinkern). Its type locality is BMR F17076, Muderong Bore, Middalya Station, which is in a Roadian coastal sandstone in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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