Goniomya singaporensis Newton 1906 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Alternative combination: Undulomya singaporensis

Synonyms: Allorisma insolitum Thomas 1928, Goniomya scrivenori Newton 1906, Sanguinolites deportatus Thomas 1928, Sanguinolites insolitus Thomas 1928

Full reference: R. B. Newton. 1906. Notice of some fossils from Singapore discovered by John B. Scrivenor, FGS, geologist to the Federated Malay States. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade V 3:487-496

Belongs to Goniomya according to T. Kobayashi and M. Tamura 1968

See also Chronic 1953, Morris et al. 1991, Newell et al. 1953 and Newton 1906

Sister taxa: Goniomya (Goniomya), Goniomya angulifera, Goniomya aperta, Goniomya disangula, Goniomya hemicostata, Goniomya lacunosa, Goniomya literata, Goniomya matonabbei, Goniomya renevieri, Goniomya verbana, Goniomya vespera, Pholadomya (Goniomya) beyrichi

Type specimens:

  • Goniomya singaporensis: BM L19154. Its type locality is Mount Guthrie, Tanjong Pagar, which is in a Triassic/Jurassic marine mudstone in the Jurong Formation of Singapore.
  • Allorisma insolitum:
  • Goniomya scrivenori: Its type locality is Mount Guthrie, Tanjong Pagar, which is in a Triassic/Jurassic marine mudstone in the Jurong Formation of Singapore.
  • Sanguinolites deportatus:

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic to Jurassic of Singapore (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of Peru (2)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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