Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1958. The occurrence of Atomodesma Beyrich in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1:166-177
Belongs to Atomodesma according to J. B. Waterhouse 1963
See also Waterhouse 1958
Sister taxa: Atomodesma acuta, Atomodesma astafievae, Atomodesma bisulcatum, Atomodesma elongata, Atomodesma elongatum, Atomodesma exaratum, Atomodesma guskovi, Atomodesma hautmanni, Atomodesma indicum, Atomodesma lata, Atomodesma minima, Atomodesma multifurcatum, Atomodesma mytiloides, Atomodesma nikolajewi, Atomodesma obliquatum, Atomodesma semiplicata, Atomodesma tenuistriata, Atomodesma timorense, Atomodesma timorensis, Atomodesma tumenlingensis, Atomodesma undulata, Atomodesma uniplicatum, Atomodesma variabile
Type specimen: NZGS TM2035. Its type locality is GS5082, The Cone, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in New Zealand.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at GS5082, The Cone
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