Pyramus concentricus Etheridge 1872 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae

Alternative combinations: Edmondia concentrica, Sanguinolites concentricus

Synonym: Edmondia obovata Etheridge 1872

Full reference: R. Etheridge. 1872. Description of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic fossils of Queensland. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 28:317-360

Belongs to Pyramus according to B. Runnegar 1967

See also Dickins 1961 and Etheridge 1872

Sister taxa: Pyramus aenigmaeformis, Pyramus igori, Pyramus laevis, Pyramus myiformis, Pyramus myriformis, Pyramus nelliae, Pyramus permianus, Pyramus planus, Pyramus primigenius, Pyramus silicius, Pyramus simmetricus

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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