Atomodesma mytiloides Beyrich 1865 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae

Full reference: E. Beyrich. 1865. Über eine Kohlenkalk-Fauna von Timor. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864:62-98

Belongs to Atomodesma according to J. M. Dickins 1963

See also Beyrich 1865, Rothpletz 1892, Termier et al. 1974 and Wanner 1922

Sister taxa: Atomodesma acuta, Atomodesma astafievae, Atomodesma bisulcatum, Atomodesma elongata, Atomodesma elongatum, Atomodesma exaratum, Atomodesma guskovi, Atomodesma hautmanni, Atomodesma indicum, Atomodesma lata, Atomodesma marwicki, Atomodesma minima, Atomodesma multifurcatum, Atomodesma nikolajewi, Atomodesma obliquatum, Atomodesma semiplicata, Atomodesma tenuistriata, Atomodesma timorense, Atomodesma timorensis, Atomodesma tumenlingensis, Atomodesma undulata, Atomodesma uniplicatum, Atomodesma variabile

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bakanassij, south of Kupang (Atomodesma layer), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in Indonesia

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (6), Indonesia (2)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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