Myonia undata Dana 1847 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Alternative combinations: Chaenomya undata, Chaenomya undatus, Pholadomya undata, Pyramus undatus

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 J. B. Waterhouse 1988

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

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

Type specimen: USNM 3639. Its type locality is Wollongong Point, Illawarra (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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