†Praectenodonta Philip 1962 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Synonym: Gotodonta Soot-Ryen 1964
Parent taxon: Ctenodontidae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969
See also Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Alococoncha, Ctenodonta, Ditichia, Kazachia, Kufralaria, Mesoneilo, Sibiroctenia, Tancrediopsis, Tellinopsis
Subtaxa: Gotodonta sulcata Praectenodonta ludensis Praectenodonta raricostae
Type: Palaeoneilo raricostae
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Turkey (1 collection)
• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (4), China (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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