MolluscaBase taxon details
Myofossa Waterhouse, 1969 †
1808599 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1808599)
accepted
Genus
Myonia subarbitrata Dickins, 1963 † accepted as Myofossa subarbitrata (Dickins, 1963) † (type by original designation)
Myofossa (Myofossa) Waterhouse, 1969 † · alternative representation
- Species Myofossa constricta (McCoy, 1851) †
- Species Myofossa constricta (J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, secondary homonym of Myofossa constricta (McCoy, 1851))
- Species Myofossa omaliana (de Koninck, 1842) †
- Species Myofossa striatula (F. A. Roemer, 1844) †
- Species Myofossa subarbitrata (Dickins, 1963) †
- Subgenus Myofossa (Myofossa) Waterhouse, 1969 † represented as Myofossa Waterhouse, 1969 †
- Species Myofossa (Myofossa) constricta (McCoy, 1851) † represented as Myofossa constricta (McCoy, 1851) †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Waterhouse, J. B. (1969). The Permian bivalve genera <i>Myonia, Megadesmus, Vacunella</i> and their allies, and their occurrences in New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 41: 1-94.
page(s): 32 [details]
page(s): 32 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Myofossa Waterhouse, 1969 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1808599 on 2025-09-11
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Waterhouse, J. B. (1969). The Permian bivalve genera <i>Myonia, Megadesmus, Vacunella</i> and their allies, and their occurrences in New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 41: 1-94.
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Morris, N. J.; Dickins, J. M.; Astafieva-Urbaitis, K. (1991). Upper Palaeozoic anomalodesmatan Bivalvia. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology.</em> 47: 51-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36621447 [details]
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Morris, N. J.; Dickins, J. M.; Astafieva-Urbaitis, K. (1991). Upper Palaeozoic anomalodesmatan Bivalvia. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology.</em> 47: 51-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36621447 [details]
