Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1864. Section 1. Description of the Carboniferous fossils. Palaeontology of California 1:3-16
Parent taxon: Chaenomyinae according to N. J. Morris et al. 1991
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hoare 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Chaenomya caatingaensis Chaenomya guizhouensis Chaenomya leavenworthensis Chaenomya nuraensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Iran (2 collections)
• Permian of Australia (3), China (3), India (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Carboniferous of Brazil (1), United States (7: Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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