Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Mollusca and correlations from the south-east Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(4-6):129-233
Belongs to Volsellina according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: Volsellina areiensis, Volsellina carinata, Volsellina equatorialis, Volsellina ornatissima, Volsellina subelliptica, Volsellina transparens, Volsellina yunnanensis
Type specimen: UQ F74313, a valve (Right valve internal mold). Its type locality is UQ L4594, quarry along highway north of Theodore, Bowen Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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