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
Belongs to Pachymyonia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
See also Waterhouse 1969 and Waterhouse 1983
Sister taxa: Pachymyonia bulkurensis, Pachymyonia corrugata, Pachymyonia elata, Pachymyonia etheridgei, Pachymyonia morrisi, Pachymyonia occidentalis
Type specimen: TM 3599. Its type locality is GS3616, Productus Creek, Letham Burn (D44/f9478), which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (7 collections), New Zealand (4)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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