Myalina falcata Grabau 1931 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1931. The Permian of Mongolia. Natural History of Asia 4:1-665

Belongs to Myalina according to A. W. Grabau 1931

Sister taxa: Myalina (Myalina), Myalina (Myalinella), Myalina (Orthomyalina), Myalina (Selenimyalina), Myalina banschangensis, Myalina chilena, Myalina compressa, Myalina congeneris, Myalina copei, Myalina dalecarlica, Myalina degeeri, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jisu Honguer 1194, Martinia Bed, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Zhesi Formation of China

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jisu Honguer 1194, Martinia Bed

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