Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Full reference: S.P. Tunnicliff. 1987. Caradocian bivalve molluscs from Wales. Palaeontology 30(4):677-690
Belongs to Cymatonota according to S.P. Tunnicliff 1987
Sister taxa: Cymatonota lenior, Cymatonota parallela, Cymatonota pholadis, Cymatonota prolata, Cymatonota recta, Cymatonota semistriata, Cymatonota typicalis, Endodesma cuneatum, Endodesma tranceps, Physetomya acuminata, Psiloconcha subovalis, Psiloconcha inornata, Psiloconcha grandis, Psiloconcha sinuata, Psiloconcha ostbjorkae
Type specimen: BM 42792, a shell. Its type locality is Allt-Tair-ffynon Beds at Allt y Gadair, which is in a Longvillian marine mudstone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Allt-Tair-ffynon Beds at Allt y Gadair
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