Bivalvia - Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
Full reference: J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64
Belongs to Deceptrix according to J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
Sister taxa: Deceptrix carinata, Deceptrix scofieldi, Praeleda multidentata, Praeleda compar
Type specimen: UT 94494, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 74. Bubs hill, south of Lyell Highway, 19 kilometers east-southeast of Queenstown, which is in a Gisbornian transition zone/lower shoreface limestone in the Gordon Limestone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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