Australomya hillae Runnegar 1969 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae

Myonia suclata Runnegar pl. 7 f. 10, but not pl. 7 f. 1-6, 11-14

Full reference: B. Runnegar. 1969. Permian fossils from the Southern extremity of the Sydney Basin. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology. Essays in Honour of Dorothy Hill 276-298

Belongs to Australomya according to B. Runnegar 1969

Sister taxa: Australomya longa, Australomya sulcata

Type specimen: Its type locality is UQ L3157, Wasp Head, which is in a Sakmarian shoreface sandstone in the Wasp Head Formation of Australia

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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