Palaeocosmomya kochi Newell 1955 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1955. Permian pelecypods of east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 110(4):1-36

Belongs to Palaeocosmomya according to V. A. Muromtseva and V. A. Guskov 1984

See also Newell 1955

Sister taxa: Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya) aplata, Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya) baitaquensis, Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya) teicherti, Palaeocosmomya omoloniformica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Depot O, LK13, Nathorsts Fjord, Wegener Halvo, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal sandstone in the Depot Island Formation of Greenland

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Greenland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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