Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Synonyms: Leiomyalina Frech 1891, Myalina (Leiomyalina) Frech 1891
Full reference: J. Morris. 1845. Descriptions of fossils, Mollusca. Physical descriptions of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 270-290
Parent taxon: Eurydesmatidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Frech 1891, Kiessling 2004, Newell and Boyd 1995, Runnegar 1970 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Glendella
Subtaxa: Eurydesma aequale Eurydesma alisulcatum Eurydesma altum Eurydesma amygdalinum Eurydesma austini Eurydesma burnettensis Eurydesma compressa Eurydesma cordatum Eurydesma demissum Eurydesma hobartense Eurydesma inflatum Eurydesma manendragarhensis Eurydesma mytiloides Eurydesma obscurum Eurydesma pertenue Eurydesma perversum Eurydesma playfordi Eurydesma punjabicum Eurydesma subdepressa Eurydesma subobliquum Eurydesma subovatum Eurydesma subtriangularis Eurydesma sulcatum
Type: Eurydesma cordatum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Argentina (5), Australia (132), China (2), India (9), Namibia (1), Pakistan (1)
• Carboniferous of India (1)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario)
Total: 153 collections including 191 occurrences
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