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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