Pseudomyona queenslandica Runnegar and Jell 1976 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Tuarangiida - Pseudomyonidae

Alternative combination: Myona queenslandica

Full reference: B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell. 1976. Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution. Alcheringa 1(1/2):109-138

Belongs to Pseudomyona according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Gubanov et al. 2004, Hinz-Schallreuter 1995, Hinz-Schallreuter 2000, Pojeta and Runnegar 1976, Runnegar and Jell 1976, Runnegar and Jell 1980 and Vendrasco et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Pseudomyona groenlandica

Type specimen: Its type locality is QML1286 km SSW of Thorntonia Homestead, which is in a Floran carbonate limestone in the Gowers Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Marjumian of Greenland (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Australia (3), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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