Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845 (Awning Clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Alternative combinations: Janeia biarmica, Solemya (Janeia) biarmica, Solemya biarmica

Synonyms: Solemya abnormis Howse 1848, Solenimya abnormis Howse 1848

Full reference: E. de Verneuil. 1845. Paléontologie. Géologie de la Russie d'Europe et des Montagne de l'Oural, Paléontologie 2(3):1-512

Belongs to Dystactella according to J. B. Bailey 2021

See also de Verneuil 1845, Diener 1903, Fantini Sestini 1965, Geinitz 1861, Howse 1848, Howse 1857, King 1850, Logan 1967, Muromtseva and Guskov 1984 and Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Dystactella excisa, Dystactella insularis, Dystactella silurica, Dystactella valvulus, Dystactella vetusta

Type specimens:

  • Dystactella biarmica: Its type locality is Kniaspavlova, Itschalki-Barnoukova road, which is in a Kungurian/Roadian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Russian Federation
  • Solemya abnormis:

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Permian of China (5 collections), Germany (1), India (1), Lithuania (1), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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