Bivalvia - Myalinida - Alatoconchidae

Alternative spelling: Dereconchia

Full reference: T. E. Yancey and D.W. Boyd. 1983. Revision of the Alatoconchidae: a remarkable family of Permian bivalves. Palaeontology 26(3):497-520

Parent taxon: Saikraconcha according to F. Chen et al. 2018

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Yancey and Boyd 1983

Sister taxa: Saikraconcha (Saikraconcha), Saikraconcha ogulineci, Saikraconcha tunisiensis

Subtaxa: Saikraconcha (Dereconcha) kamparensis

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, alatoconchid zone, Kinta Valley (Permian of Malaysia)

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