Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Full reference: H. Chronic. 1952. Molluscan fauna from the Permian Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 63(2):95-166
Belongs to Myalinella according to H. Chronic 1952
Sister taxa: Myalina (Myalinella) cuneiformis, Myalinella acutirostris, Myalinella meeki, Myalinella newelli, Myalinella patriarchalis, Myalinella postcarbonica
Type specimen: Mus N. Ariz G2.542, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Bottomless Pits, Bed 9, Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bottomless Pits, Bed 9, Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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