Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Synonym: Anthracoptera Salter
Parent taxon: Myalinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Pruvost 1919
Sister taxa: Arctomyalina, Aviculomyalina, Boiomytilus, Dorcadungula, Elversella, Hemimenion, Liebea, Myalina, Novaculapermia, Pachymytilus, Posidoniella, Promyalina, Pseudomyalina, Pseudopachymytilus, Selenimyalina, Selenimyalininae, Septimyalina, Anthraconauta
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Namurian of Spain (3 collections)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Belgium (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (3: Arkansas, West Virginia)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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