Megadesmus dembskajae Guskov 1984 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae

Full reference: V. A. Guskov. 1984. Taxonomic descriptions. Permskie Morskie Otlozheniya I Dvustvorchatie Mollyuski Sovetskoi Arktiki 1-154

Belongs to Megadesmus according to V. A. Guskov 1984

Sister taxa: Megadesmus (Megadesmus), Megadesmus borealis, Megadesmus deflatus, Megadesmus globlosus, Megadesmus globosus, Megadesmus gryphoides, Megadesmus nobilissimus, Megadesmus ovalis, Megadesmus pristinus, Megadesmus robusta, Megadesmus trigonalis, Megadesmus (Cleobis) recta, Megadesmus (Cleobis) grandis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vorkutskoe Coalfield, Well K-889, 34 m, Pechora Basin, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Lekvorkuta Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Vorkutskoe Coalfield, Well K-889, 34 m, Pechora Basin

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