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Pseudomyalina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Pteriomorphia
    Order:  
Pterioida
    Suborder:  
Pteriina
    Superfamily:  
Ambonychiacea
    Family:  
Myalinidae
    Subfamily:  
Marine types
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pseudomyalina DICKINS, 1956
    Type Species:  
P. obliqua, OD


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Fig. C29,6. *P. obliqua, LV ext., X0.5 (Dickins, 1956)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

W.Australia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Perm.(Coolkilya)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Asselian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
298.89
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Perm.(Coolkilya)
    Ending International Stage:  
Kungurian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
274.37


Description

Large shells, similar in form to Septimyalina but with weak radial costae and lacking umbonal septum, outer prismatic ostracum very much thicker than inner lamellar ostracum in both valves




References



Museum or Author Information

Dickins, 1956