Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Full reference: V. A. Muromtseva. 1984. Taxonomic Descriptions. Permskie Morskie Otlozheniya I Dvustvorchatie Mollyuski Sovetskoi Arktiki 1-154
Belongs to Megadesmus according to V. A. Muromtseva 1984
Sister taxa: Megadesmus (Megadesmus), Megadesmus deflatus, Megadesmus dembskajae, Megadesmus globlosus, Megadesmus globosus, Megadesmus gryphoides, Megadesmus nobilissimus, Megadesmus ovalis, Megadesmus pristinus, Megadesmus robusta, Megadesmus trigonalis, Megadesmus (Cleobis) recta, Megadesmus (Cleobis) grandis
Type specimen: PIN 457/11570, a shell (Articulated steinkern). Its type locality is Dyby River Basin, Middle Imtachan, Southern Verkhoyan, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Imtachan Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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