Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Synonym: Matheria [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Cyrtodontidae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Novack-Gottshall 2022 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyrtodonta, Cyrtodontinae, Cyrtodontula, Daliella, Dickinsartella, Heikea, Macrodesma, Ortonella, Pharcidoconcha, Ptychodesmatinae, Sowteria, Thorslundia, Vanuxemia, Vigorniella, Warburgia, Yonginella
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (4: Wisconsin collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), United States (13: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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