Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Alternative combination: Whitella complanata
Belongs to Cyrtodontula according to H. Soot-Ryen and T. Soot-Ryen 1960
Sister taxa: Cyrtodontula compressa, Cyrtodontula delacarlica, Cyrtodontula dubia, Cyrtodontula hadzeli, Cyrtodontula obliquata, Cyrtodontula sohli, Cyrtodontula subtruncata, Cyrtodontula truncata, Cyrtodontula ventricosa, Whitella plebia, Whitella sterlingensis, Whitella securiformis, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella goniumbonata, Whitella impressata, Whitella radiata, Whitella parksi, Whitella torontoensis, Whitella lata, Whitella huguesensis, Whitella hindi, Whitella sigmoidea
Subtaxa: Whitella complanata moniquensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Quebec, Québec collections), Norway (6)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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