Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Alternative combination: Myalina sinuata
Full reference: C. C. Branson. 1930. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Phosphoria Formation. Missouri University Studies 5(2):1-99
Belongs to Myalina (Myalina) according to K.W. Ciriacks 1963
See also Branson 1930 and Newell 1942
Sister taxa: Myalina (Myalina) arbala, Myalina (Myalina) aviculoides, Myalina (Myalina) copha, Myalina (Myalina) glossoidea, Myalina (Myalina) lepta, Myalina (Myalina) miopetina, Myalina (Myalina) petina, Myalina (Myalina) pliopetina, Myalina (Myalina) wyomingensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wind River Mountains (Top Limestone), which is in a Lopingian carbonate limestone in the Park City Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (7: Wyoming collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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