Pachymyonia occidentalis Dickins 1957 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1957. Lower Permian pelecypods and gastropods from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 41:1-75

Belongs to Pachymyonia according to J. M. Dickins 1957

Sister taxa: Pachymyonia bulkurensis, Pachymyonia corrugata, Pachymyonia elata, Pachymyonia etheridgei, Pachymyonia morrisi, Pachymyonia triangulata

Type specimen: CPC 2221, a shell. Its type locality is Callytharra Springs (1 mile W), Byro Homestead, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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