Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Alternative spelling: Pholadomya (Goniomya)
Parent taxon: Pholadomyidae according to M. Aberhan 2004
See also Choffat 1888, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Agrawalimya, Anomalopleuroidea, Arcomya, Cortinia, Deltamya, Dianomya, Girardotia, Homomya, Homoya, Machomya, Molukkana, Neoburmesia, Osteomya, Pachymya, Parilimya, Pholadomya, Pholadomyinae, Rhytimya, Tetorimya, Triplicosta
Subtaxa: Goniomya (Goniomya) Goniomya angulifera Goniomya aperta Goniomya disangula Goniomya hemicostata Goniomya lacunosa Goniomya literata Goniomya matonabbei Goniomya renevieri Goniomya singaporensis Goniomya verbana Goniomya vespera Pholadomya (Goniomya) beyrichi
Type: Mya angulifera
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Antarctica (6), Argentina (1), Canada (3: Alberta), Egypt (1), Germany (1), India (2), Japan (13), Mexico (1), Mozambique (5), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (9), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: California, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (2)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Bulgaria (3), Canada (3: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (17), Ethiopia (1), France (12), Germany (10), Greenland (21), Hungary (2), India (11), Iran (2), Italy (2), Japan (2), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (4), Mexico (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (2), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (3), the United Kingdom (20), United States (8: Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Wyoming ), Vietnam (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Singapore (1)
• Triassic of United States (2: Alaska, Nevada)
• Permian of Madagascar (1)
• Carboniferous of Peru (2)
Total: 210 collections including 217 occurrences
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