Costatoaphanaia popowi Muromtseva and Kusnezov 1984 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae

Alternative combinations: Aphanaia popowi, Atomodesma popowi

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

Belongs to Costatoaphanaia according to A. S. Biakov 2008

See also Astafieva 1993 and Muromtseva and Kusnezov 1984

Sister taxa: Costatoaphanaia aenigma, Costatoaphanaia formosa, Costatoaphanaia ganelini

Type specimen: Its type locality is Arkachan River, at mouth of Endybal River, western Verkhoyan, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Tumara Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Arkachan River, at mouth of Endybal River, western Verkhoyan

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