Cosmomya (Cosmomya) Holdhaus 1913 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Full reference: K. Holdhaus. 1913. The fauna of the Spiti shales, Lamellibranchiata and Gastropoda. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 4:397-456

Parent taxon: Cosmomya according to J. M. Dickins and S. C. Shah 1965

Sister taxon: Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya)

Subtaxa: Cosmomya (Cosmomya) egregaria

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Type: Cosmomya egregia

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Northwest Kimplong, southwest Niti Pass (Permian of India)

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