Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Alternative spelling: Myalinella
Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1942. Lower Paleozoic pelecypods: Mytilacea. University of Kansas Publications 10(2):1-115
Parent taxon: Myalina according to J. P. Neves et al. 2014
See also Ciriacks 1963, McRoberts and Newell 2005, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Myalina (Myalina), Myalina (Orthomyalina), Myalina (Selenimyalina), Myalina banschangensis, Myalina chilena, Myalina compressa, Myalina congeneris, Myalina copei, Myalina dalecarlica, Myalina degeeri, Myalina falcata, Myalina flexuosa, Myalina golfussiana, Myalina kansasensis, Myalina kiparisovae, Myalina lamellosa, Myalina leptaenarum, Myalina longicardinalis, Myalina longinqua, Myalina mongugaensis, Myalina nemesis, Myalina nessus, Myalina orsae, Myalina parallela, Myalina permiana, Myalina pernaformis, Myalina plicata, Myalina recta, Myalina semiglobosa, Myalina tommasii, Myalina vetusta
Subtaxa: Myalina (Myalinella) cuneiformis Myalinella acutirostris Myalinella adunca Myalinella meeki Myalinella newelli Myalinella patriarchalis Myalinella postcarbonica
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (16 collections), Greenland (1), United States (39: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
• Permian of Brazil (1), China (2), Pakistan (2), United States (13: Arizona, Kansas, Montana, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Mexico (4), United States (7: New Mexico, Ohio)
• Devonian of Libya (1)
Total: 86 collections including 88 occurrences