Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Alternative combinations: Maeonia morrisi, Maeonia morrisii, Myonia (Pachymyonia) morrisi, Myonia morrisi, Pachymyonia morrisii
Synonyms: Myonia davidis Dun 1932, Myonia farleyensis Dun 1932
Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1919. Palaeontologia Novae Cambriae Meridionalis - occasional descriptions of New South Wales fossils - No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 12(9):183-192
Belongs to Pachymyonia according to M. E. Clapham 2015
See also Clarke 1992, Dun 1932, Etheridge 1919 and Runnegar 1967
Sister taxa: Pachymyonia bulkurensis, Pachymyonia corrugata, Pachymyonia elata, Pachymyonia etheridgei, Pachymyonia occidentalis, Pachymyonia triangulata
Type specimens:
- Pachymyonia morrisi: Its type locality is Harper's Hill, near Allandale, West Maitland (Dun coll), which is in a Sakmarian coastal sandstone in the Allandale Formation of Australia
- Myonia davidis: AM F30600. Its type locality is Ravensfield Quarry, near Farley (AM coll), which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Farley Formation of Australia.
- Myonia farleyensis: AM F51786. Its type locality is Farley Railway Station, Farley (MM collection), which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Farley Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (17 collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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