Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1963. New Zealand species of the Permian bivalve Atomodesma Beyrich. Palaeontology 6:699-717
Belongs to Atomodesma according to J. B. Waterhouse 1963
Sister taxa: Atomodesma acuta, Atomodesma astafievae, Atomodesma bisulcatum, Atomodesma elongata, Atomodesma elongatum, Atomodesma exaratum, Atomodesma guskovi, Atomodesma hautmanni, Atomodesma indicum, Atomodesma lata, Atomodesma marwicki, Atomodesma minima, Atomodesma multifurcatum, Atomodesma mytiloides, Atomodesma nikolajewi, Atomodesma semiplicata, Atomodesma tenuistriata, Atomodesma timorense, Atomodesma timorensis, Atomodesma tumenlingensis, Atomodesma undulata, Atomodesma uniplicatum, Atomodesma variabile
Type specimen: NZGS TM3366. Its type locality is GS7344, Letham Burn (D44/f9862), which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Letham Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at GS7344, Letham Burn (D44/f9862)
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