. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. . Fig. 15 Palaeocorbula difficilis (Cowper Reed). Upper Permian, Kashmir, India; GSI 15553, holotype; Fig. 15a, right side; Fig. 15b, top view; Fig. 15c, left side; all xl-5. Genus COSMOMYA Holdhaus, 1913 Type species. Cosmomya egraria Holdhaus (1913: 446; pi. 94, fig. 3a-c), by monotypy. A plaster cast of the type specimen in the GSI has been figured by Dickins & Shah (1965: pi. 17, fig. 13-14). Synonymy. Palaeocosmomya Fletcher, 1946 (type species, P. teicherti Fletcher, 1946 by original designation (1 = Cosmomya egraria Holdha
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. . Fig. 15 Palaeocorbula difficilis (Cowper Reed). Upper Permian, Kashmir, India; GSI 15553, holotype; Fig. 15a, right side; Fig. 15b, top view; Fig. 15c, left side; all xl-5. Genus COSMOMYA Holdhaus, 1913 Type species. Cosmomya egraria Holdhaus (1913: 446; pi. 94, fig. 3a-c), by monotypy. A plaster cast of the type specimen in the GSI has been figured by Dickins & Shah (1965: pi. 17, fig. 13-14). Synonymy. Palaeocosmomya Fletcher, 1946 (type species, P. teicherti Fletcher, 1946 by original designation (1 = Cosmomya egraria Holdhaus, 1913; ? = Cosmomya artiensis (Krotova, 1885: 255; pi. 3, fig. 20)). Discussion. The relationship between Cosmomya and Palaeocosmomya has been discussed by Dickins & Shah (1965). At that time the family relationships of the genus were obscure but the early species from the British Lower. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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