Myalina (Myalina) arbala 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 Myalina (Myalina) according to N. D. Newell 1942

Sister taxa: Myalina (Myalina) aviculoides, Myalina (Myalina) copha, Myalina (Myalina) glossoidea, Myalina (Myalina) lepta, Myalina (Myalina) miopetina, Myalina (Myalina) petina, Myalina (Myalina) pliopetina, Myalina (Myalina) sinuata, Myalina (Myalina) wyomingensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Talpa New Mexico (Carboniferous of New Mexico)

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