Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Alternative combination: Palaeocosmomya teicherti
Full reference: H. O. Fletcher. 1946. New Lamellibranchia from the upper Permian of Western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 21:395-405
Belongs to Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya) according to J. M. Dickins and S. C. Shah 1965
See also Fletcher 1946
Sister taxa: Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya) aplata, Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya) baitaquensis, Palaeocosmomya kochi, Palaeocosmomya omoloniformica
Type specimen: UWA WC(27-32)1B. Its type locality is UWA WC27-32/1, Mungadan Paddock, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Wandagee Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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