Myonia arbitrata Reed 1932 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Alternative combination: Maeonia arbitrata

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1932. New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir. Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20(1):1-79

Belongs to Myonia according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Reed 1932

Sister taxa: Myonia (Myomedia), Myonia (Myonia), Myonia argentinensis, Myonia carinella, Myonia compacta, Myonia elongata, Myonia gibbosa, Myonia komiensiformis, Myonia komiensis, Myonia kutygini, Myonia ovata, Myonia parallela, Myonia pollocki, Myonia sinuosa, Myonia undata, Myonia wenxingchangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bren Spur Horizon 3, which is in a Sakmarian coastal shale in the Agglomeratic Slate Formation of India

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bren Spur Horizon 3

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