Septimyalina Newell 1942 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1942. Lower Paleozoic pelecypods: Mytilacea. University of Kansas Publications 10(2):1-115

Parent taxon: Myalinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Anelli et al. 2006 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arctomyalina, Aviculomyalina, Boiomytilus, Dorcadungula, Elversella, Hemimenion, Liebea, Myalina, Naiadites, Novaculapermia, Pachymytilus, Posidoniella, Promyalina, Pseudomyalina, Pseudopachymytilus, Selenimyalina, Selenimyalininae, Anthraconauta

Subtaxa: Septimyalina burmai Septimyalina orbiculata Septimyalina orthonota Septimyalina perattenuata Septimyalina quadrangularis Septimyalina scitula Septimyalina sinuosa Septimyalina sultanaevi

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (47: Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Virgilian of United States (11: Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)

• Westphalian of United States (1: Kentucky)

• Pennsylvanian of Mexico (1)

• Carboniferous of Brazil (4), Mexico (1), United States (43: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, West Virginia)

Total: 114 collections including 115 occurrences

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