Myonia (Myomedia) Waterhouse 1969 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1969. The Permian bivalve genera Myonia, Megadesmus, Vacunella and their allies, and their occurrences in New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 41:6-141

Parent taxon: Myonia according to Waterhouse

Sister taxa: 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 undata, Myonia wenxingchangensis

Subtaxa: Myonia (Myomedia) carinata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (37 collections), India (1), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (5)

Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence

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