Atomodesma elongata Wanner 1922 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae

Full reference: C. Wanner. 1922. Die Gastropoden und Lamellibranchiaten der Dyas von Timor. Palaontologie von Timor 11:1-82

Belongs to Atomodesma according to C. Wanner 1922

See also Waterhouse and Chen 2006

Sister taxa: Atomodesma acuta, Atomodesma astafievae, Atomodesma bisulcatum, Atomodesma elongatum, Atomodesma exaratum, Atomodesma guskovi, Atomodesma hautmanni, Atomodesma indicum, Atomodesma lata, Atomodesma marwicki, Atomodesma minima, Atomodesma multifurcatum, Atomodesma mytiloides, Atomodesma nikolajewi, Atomodesma obliquatum, Atomodesma semiplicata, Atomodesma tenuistriata, Atomodesma timorense, Atomodesma timorensis, Atomodesma tumenlingensis, Atomodesma undulata, Atomodesma uniplicatum, Atomodesma variabile

Type specimen: Its type locality is Noil Mahatissa, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in Indonesia

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Noil Mahatissa

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