Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Alternative combination: Atomodesma trechmanni
Belongs to Maitaia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1980
See also Waterhouse 1958, Waterhouse 1963, Waterhouse 1969 and Waterhouse 1976
Sister taxa: Maitaia absoluta, Maitaia bella, Maitaia belliformis, Maitaia errabunda, Maitaia gigantea, Maitaia hurenensis, Maitaia kolymiaformis, Maitaia kusnezovi, Maitaia orulganica, Maitaia regularicostatum, Maitaia tenkensis, Maitaia tobonnoensis, Maitaia vedernikovi, Mytilidesmatella woodi
Type specimen: NZGS TM2033. Its type locality is GS143, Dun Mountain Tramway, Wooded Peak, Nelson, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Tramway Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of New Caledonia (1 collection), New Zealand (11)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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