Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Alternative combination: Palaeocosmomya aplatum
Full reference: H. O. Fletcher. 1946. New Lamellibranchia from the upper Permian of Western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 21:395-405
Belongs to Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya) according to J. M. Dickins and S. C. Shah 1965
See also Fletcher 1946
Sister taxa: Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya) baitaquensis, Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya) teicherti, Palaeocosmomya kochi, Palaeocosmomya omoloniformica
Type specimen: UWA WL1(A). Its type locality is UWA WL1, Coolkilya Pool, Minilya River, which is in an Artinskian marine shale in the Quinnanie Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UWA WL1, Coolkilya Pool, Minilya River
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