Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Alternative combinations: Atomodesma mitchelli, Inoceramus mitchellii
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1847. XXVIII. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20(134):298-312
Belongs to Aphanaia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1970
See also M'Coy 1847 and Waterhouse 1963
Sister taxa: Aphanaia andrianovi, Aphanaia budnikovi, Aphanaia dilatata, Aphanaia dulgalakhensis, Aphanaia erectum, Aphanaia haibensis, Aphanaia judomensis, Aphanaia kletzi, Aphanaia korkodonica, Aphanaia kutygini, Aphanaia lobanovae, Aphanaia orbirugata, Aphanaia otamaensis, Aphanaia pogorewitschi, Aphanaia sakya, Aphanaia salinaria, Aphanaia sobopolensis, Aphanaia stepanovi, Aphanaia tivertonensis, Aphanaia waterhousei
Type specimen: Sedgwick Museum E10731. Its type locality is Glendon (W.B. Clarke coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siltstone in the Muree Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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