Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1842. Description des animaux fossiles qui se trouvent dans le terrain carbonifére de Belgique 97-240
Parent taxon: Myalinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Anelli et al. 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Bychkov et al. 1976, Isberg 1934, McRoberts and Newell 2005, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arctomyalina, Aviculomyalina, Boiomytilus, Dorcadungula, Elversella, Hemimenion, Liebea, Naiadites, Novaculapermia, Pachymytilus, Posidoniella, Promyalina, Pseudomyalina, Pseudopachymytilus, Selenimyalina, Selenimyalininae, Septimyalina, Anthraconauta
Subtaxa: Myalina (Myalina) Myalina (Myalinella) Myalina (Orthomyalina) Myalina (Selenimyalina) Myalina banschangensis Myalina chilena Myalina compressa Myalina congeneris Myalina copei Myalina dalecarlica Myalina degeeri Myalina falcata Myalina flexuosa Myalina golfussiana Myalina kansasensis Myalina kiparisovae Myalina lamellosa Myalina leptaenarum Myalina longicardinalis Myalina longinqua Myalina mongugaensis Myalina nemesis Myalina nessus Myalina orsae Myalina parallela Myalina permiana Myalina pernaformis Myalina plicata Myalina recta Myalina semiglobosa Myalina tommasii Myalina vetusta
Type: Myalina golfussiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (17 collections), Croatia (1), Germany (7), Greenland (20), Hungary (1), Israel (2), Italy (14), Jordan (2), the Russian Federation (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (17), United States (44: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
• Permian of Afghanistan (2), Brazil (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (4), China (11), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (4), the Russian Federation (4), Tanzania (1), United States (64: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Belize (2), Brazil (3), Canada (4: Alberta), India (1), Ireland (1), Mexico (4), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (140: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Devonian of France (1), Libya (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: New York, Pennsylvannia)
• Ordovician of Sweden (1)
Total: 406 collections including 440 occurrences
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