Bivalvia - Unioni - Lyrodesmatidae

Alternative combination: Tanodon louderbacki

Synonyms: Neoactinodonta amygdalina Heidecker 1959, Tanaodon amygdalina Heidecker 1959, Tanodon amygdalina Heidecker 1959

Full reference: E. Kirk. 1927. Tanaodon, anew molluscan genus from the Middle Devonian of China. United States National Museum Proceedings 70(12):1-4

Belongs to Tanaodon according to J., Jr. Pojeta et al. 1986

See also Cook 1993, Cox et al. 1969, Heidecker 1959 and Kirk 1927

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Tanaodon louderbacki: USNM, a shell
• Neoactinodonta amygdalina: U. Queensland F.25821, a shell. Its type locality is Lowes Basin, near old Dalrymple township, 25 miles now of Charters Towers, which is in a Givetian shallow subtidal limestone/sandstone in the Burdekin Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

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