Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Alternative combination: Eurydesma cordata
Synonyms: Eurydesma elliptica Dana 1847, Eurydesma globosa Dana 1847, Eurydesma globosum Dana 1847, Eurydesma sacculus M'Coy 1847, Pachydomus sacculus M'Coy 1847
Full reference: J. Morris. 1845. Descriptions of fossils, Mollusca. Physical descriptions of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 270-290
Belongs to Eurydesma according to M. J. Clarke 1992
See also Dana 1847, Dana 1849, Etheridge and Dun 1910, Harrington 1955, Liu and Cui 1983, M'Coy 1847, Morris 1845, Reed 1932, Runnegar 1969, Runnegar 1970, Sahni and Srivastava 1956, Srikantia et al. 1978 and Waterhouse 1988
Sister taxa: Eurydesma alisulcatum, Eurydesma altum, Eurydesma amygdalinum, Eurydesma austini, Eurydesma burnettensis, Eurydesma compressa, Eurydesma hobartense, Eurydesma inflatum, Eurydesma manendragarhensis, Eurydesma mytiloides, Eurydesma pertenue, Eurydesma perversum, Eurydesma playfordi, Eurydesma punjabicum, Eurydesma subdepressa, Eurydesma subobliquum, Eurydesma subovatum, Eurydesma subtriangularis, Eurydesma sulcatum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (47), China (1), India (4), Pakistan (1)
Total: 54 collections including 58 occurrences
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