Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Synonyms: Maitaia (Mytilidesmatella) Waterhouse 1979, Mytilidesmatella Waterhouse 1979
Parent taxon: Atomodesmatinae according to A. S. Biakov 2008
See also Astafieva 1989, Astafieva 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aphanaia, Atomodesma, Cigarella, Costatoaphanaia, Evenia, Intomodesma, Okhotodesma, Trabeculatia
Subtaxa: Maitaia absoluta Maitaia bella Maitaia belliformis Maitaia errabunda Maitaia gigantea Maitaia hurenensis Maitaia kolymiaformis Maitaia kusnezovi Maitaia orulganica Maitaia regularicostatum Maitaia tenkensis Maitaia tobonnoensis Maitaia trechmanni Maitaia vedernikovi Mytilidesmatella woodi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (11 collections)
• Permian of Australia (5), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (16), the Russian Federation (37)
Total: 70 collections including 72 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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