Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Full reference: K. A. Astaf'yeva-Urbaytis. 1981. The genus Exochorhynchus from the upper Paleozoic deposits in the USSR and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 15:29-36
Belongs to Exochorhynchus according to K. A. Astaf'yeva-Urbaytis 1981
Sister taxa: Exochorhynchus altirostratus, Exochorhynchus barringtoni, Exochorhynchus buriti, Exochorhynchus curtus, Exochorhynchus giganteus, Exochorhynchus itararensis, Exochorhynchus rectus, Exochorhynchus similis
Type specimen: AMMU 74-8, a shell. Its type locality is Transaltai area of Gobi region, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine horizon in Mongolia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Transaltai area of Gobi region
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