Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) wandageensis Newell and Boyd 1970 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1970. Oyster-like Permian Bivalvia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 143(4):221-281

Belongs to Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1970

Sister taxa: Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) carnarvonensis, Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) likharevi, Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) sparsicostata

Type specimen: UWA 27123, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Minilya River, Wandagee Station (AM coll), which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Wandagee Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Minilya River, Wandagee Station (UWA coll)

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