Septimyalina burmai Newell 1942 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Synonym: Myalina apachesi Marcou 1858 [replaced name]

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

Belongs to Septimyalina according to J. A. Spielmann et al. 2005

See also Chronic 1953, Clifton 1942, Kues 1995, Marcou 1858 and Newell 1942

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

Type specimens:

  • Septimyalina burmai: USGS 2497, a shell (Articulated shell)
  • Myalina apachesi: Its type locality is Pecos village, which is in a Kasimovian/Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Alamitos Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), Peru (2), United States (24: Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Virgilian of United States (3: New Mexico)

• Carboniferous of United States (7: Kansas, New Mexico, Utah)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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