Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Full reference: A. S. Biakov. 1992. New species of Permian inoceramid bivalves from northeast Russia. Paleontological Journal 26(1):32-46
Belongs to Maitaia according to A. S. Biakov 1992
Sister taxa: Maitaia absoluta, Maitaia bella, Maitaia belliformis, Maitaia errabunda, Maitaia gigantea, Maitaia kolymiaformis, Maitaia kusnezovi, Maitaia orulganica, Maitaia regularicostatum, Maitaia tenkensis, Maitaia tobonnoensis, Maitaia trechmanni, Maitaia vedernikovi, Mytilidesmatella woodi
Type specimen: SVPGO 16/1068, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Levyy Titan Creek, Bed 39 coquina, Maitaia hurenensis Subzone, Okhotsk Massif, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal sandstone in the Kulu Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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