Pseudomyalina mingenewensis Etheridge Jr. 1907 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Alternative combination: Myalina mingenewensis

Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1907. Fossils from Mingenew, Irwin River Coalfield, Western Australia, collected by Mr. E. S. Simpson, mineralogist and assayer. Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 27:19-25

Belongs to Pseudomyalina according to J. M. Dickins 1963

See also Etheridge 1907

Sister taxon: Pseudomyalina obliqua

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Simpson Knolls, Simpson Collection, Mingenew (Permian of Australia)

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