Myonia sinuosa Dana 1847 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Alternative combination: Cypricardia sinuosa

Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160

Belongs to Myonia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1988

See also Dana 1847 and Runnegar 1967

Sister taxa: Myonia (Myomedia), Myonia (Myonia), Myonia arbitrata, Myonia argentinensis, Myonia carinella, Myonia compacta, Myonia elongata, Myonia gibbosa, Myonia komiensiformis, Myonia komiensis, Myonia kutygini, Myonia ovata, Myonia parallela, Myonia pollocki, Myonia undata, Myonia wenxingchangensis

Type specimen: USNM 3585. Its type locality is Wollongong Point, Illawarra (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wollongong Point, Illawarra (USNM coll)

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