Septimyalina scitula Newell 1942 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1942. Lower Paleozoic pelecypods: Mytilacea. University of Kansas Publications 10(2):1-115

Belongs to Septimyalina according to N. D. Newell 1942

Sister taxa: Septimyalina burmai, Septimyalina orbiculata, Septimyalina orthonota, Septimyalina perattenuata, Septimyalina quadrangularis, Septimyalina sinuosa, Septimyalina sultanaevi

Type specimen: KUMIP 7589, a valve (Right valve)

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (9: Kansas collections)

• Carboniferous of United States (4: Kansas)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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