Australomya Runnegar 1969 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae

Full reference: B. Runnegar. 1969. Permian fossils from the Southern extremity of the Sydney Basin. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology. Essays in Honour of Dorothy Hill 276-298

Parent taxon: Megadesminae according to M. G. Simões et al. 2000

See also Morris et al. 1991, Sepkoski 2002 and Simóes et al. 1997

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Australomya hillae Australomya longa Australomya sulcata

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Type: Australomya hillae

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (6 collections), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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