Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
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 Cyrtodontula according to J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
Sister taxa: Cyrtodontula complanata, Cyrtodontula compressa, Cyrtodontula delacarlica, Cyrtodontula dubia, Cyrtodontula obliquata, Cyrtodontula sohli, Cyrtodontula subtruncata, Cyrtodontula truncata, Cyrtodontula ventricosa, Whitella impressata, Whitella lata, Whitella goniumbonata, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella radiata, Whitella hindi, Whitella sterlingensis, Whitella plebia, Whitella huguesensis, Whitella parksi, Whitella torontoensis, Whitella sigmoidea, Whitella securiformis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 40. PW-11-74. 3.5 kilometers south of Ellery Creek, on west bank of creen at that point; 2 kilometers south of Glen Helen Road., which is in a Bendigonian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Pacoota Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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