Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Alternative combination: Maeonia elongata

Synonyms: Maeonia valida Dana 1847, Myonia accentuata Fletcher 1932, Myonia depressa Fletcher 1932, Myonia valida Dana 1847

Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160

Belongs to Myonia according to M. J. Clarke 1992

See also Dana 1847, Dana 1849, Laseron 1910, Runnegar 1967, Waterhouse 1969, Waterhouse 1980 and Waterhouse 1988

Sister taxa: Myonia (Myomedia), Myonia (Myonia), Myonia arbitrata, Myonia argentinensis, Myonia carinella, Myonia compacta, Myonia gibbosa, Myonia komiensiformis, Myonia komiensis, Myonia kutygini, Myonia ovata, Myonia parallela, Myonia pollocki, Myonia sinuosa, Myonia undata, Myonia wenxingchangensis

Type specimens:

• Myonia elongata: USNM 3584. Its type locality is Black Head, Gerringong (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian marine sandstone in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.
• Myonia accentuata:
• Myonia depressa:
• Myonia valida: Its type locality is Black Head, Gerringong (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian marine sandstone in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

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