Vacunella waterhousei Dun 1932 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Alternative combinations: Australomya waterhousei, Myonia waterhousei

Full reference: W. S. Dun. 1932. The lower marine forms of Myonia with notes on the proposed new genus Pachymyonia. Records of the Australian Museum 18:411-414

Belongs to Vacunella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1983

See also Dun 1932, Runnegar 1967 and Runnegar 1969

Sister taxa: Vacunella camachoi, Vacunella curvata, Vacunella dawsonensis, Vacunella elongata, Vacunella lunulata, Vacunella novosemelica, Vacunella oblonga, Vacunella praecurvata, Vacunella rostrata

Type specimen: AMF 6589, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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