Metapadia Desbiens 1994 (clam)

Bivalvia - Ostreomorphi - Matheriidae

Full reference: S. Desbiens. 1994. Les Bivalves Cyrtodontacea Ulrich 1894 de la Formation de York River, Emsien de Gaspésie, Québec. Geobios 27(4):449-458

Parent taxon: Matheriidae according to S. Desbiens 1994

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Metapadia matapediensis

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Type: Metapadia matapediensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gaspésie (Devonian of Quebec)

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