Myonia Dana 1847 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Alternative spelling: Maeonia

Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160

Parent taxon: Vacunellinae according to A. S. Biakov 2022

See also Clarke 1992, Dana 1849, Morris et al. 1991, Neves et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cunavella, Pachymyonia, Praemyonia, Vacunella

Subtaxa: Myonia (Myomedia) Myonia (Myonia) Myonia arbitrata Myonia argentinensis Myonia carinella Myonia compacta Myonia elongata Myonia gibbosa Myonia komiensiformis Myonia komiensis Myonia kutygini Myonia ovata Myonia parallela Myonia pollocki Myonia sinuosa Myonia undata Myonia wenxingchangensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Argentina (4 collections), Australia (57), Brazil (2), China (9), India (3), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (7), the Russian Federation (33)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Australia (1)

Total: 119 collections including 132 occurrences

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