Atomodesma 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

Parent taxon: Atomodesmatinae according to A. S. Biakov and R. V. Kutygin 2020

See also Biakov 2008, Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Waterhouse 1976

Sister taxa: Aphanaia, Cigarella, Costatoaphanaia, Evenia, Intomodesma, Maitaia, Okhotodesma, Trabeculatia

Subtaxa: 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 mytiloides Atomodesma nikolajewi Atomodesma obliquatum Atomodesma semiplicata Atomodesma tenuistriata Atomodesma timorense Atomodesma timorensis Atomodesma tumenlingensis Atomodesma undulata Atomodesma uniplicatum Atomodesma variabile

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (11 collections), Indonesia (2), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

• Permian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (23), Canada (2: Yukon), China (1), India (1), Indonesia (7), Nepal (9), New Zealand (7), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (13), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 82 collections including 89 occurrences

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