Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Alternative combination: Mytilus permianus
Belongs to Myalina according to A. S. Biakov 2019
See also Girty 1909 and White 1891
Sister taxa: Myalina (Myalina), Myalina (Myalinella), Myalina (Orthomyalina), Myalina (Selenimyalina), Myalina banschangensis, Myalina chilena, Myalina compressa, Myalina congeneris, Myalina copei, Myalina dalecarlica, Myalina degeeri, Myalina falcata, Myalina flexuosa, Myalina golfussiana, Myalina kansasensis, Myalina kiparisovae, Myalina lamellosa, Myalina leptaenarum, Myalina longicardinalis, Myalina longinqua, Myalina mongugaensis, Myalina nemesis, Myalina nessus, Myalina orsae, Myalina parallela, Myalina pernaformis, Myalina plicata, Myalina recta, Myalina semiglobosa, Myalina tommasii, Myalina vetusta
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (6: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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