†family Rhombopteriidae Korobkov 1960 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Rhombopteriidae

Parent taxon: Rhombopterioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Kříž 2008 and Nevesskaja 2009

Sister taxon: Umburridae

Subtaxa: Rhombopteria

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (4 collections)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the Czech Republic (2), Sweden (2), United States (5: Tennessee, Wisconsin)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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