Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Alternative combination: Notomya trigonalis
Full reference: R. M. Johnston. 1887. Contribution to the palaeontology of the upper Palaeozoic rocks of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1886 4-18
Belongs to Megadesmus according to J. B. Waterhouse 1969
See also Johnston 1887 and Runnegar 1967
Sister taxa: Megadesmus (Megadesmus), Megadesmus borealis, Megadesmus deflatus, Megadesmus dembskajae, Megadesmus globlosus, Megadesmus globosus, Megadesmus gryphoides, Megadesmus nobilissimus, Megadesmus ovalis, Megadesmus pristinus, Megadesmus robusta, Megadesmus (Cleobis) recta, Megadesmus (Cleobis) grandis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Western Tiers, which is in a Kungurian coastal sandstone in the Weston Formation of Australia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Western Tiers
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