Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Full reference: P. Pruvost. 1930. La faune continentale du terrain houiller de la Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 44:105-282
Parent taxon: Anthraconautidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010
See also Cox et al. 1969 and Pruvost 1930
Sister taxa: Arctomyalina, Aviculomyalina, Boiomytilus, Dorcadungula, Elversella, Hemimenion, Liebea, Myalina, Naiadites, Novaculapermia, Pachymytilus, Posidoniella, Promyalina, Pseudomyalina, Pseudopachymytilus, Selenimyalina, Selenimyalininae, Septimyalina
Subtaxa: Anthraconauta (Prokopievskia)
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (2 collections)
• Chesterian of United States (3: West Virginia)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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