Cyrtodontula sohli Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 (clam)

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 hadzeli, Cyrtodontula obliquata, Cyrtodontula subtruncata, Cyrtodontula truncata, Cyrtodontula ventricosa, Whitella sterlingensis, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella plebia, Whitella lata, Whitella radiata, Whitella huguesensis, Whitella impressata, Whitella torontoensis, Whitella securiformis, Whitella parksi, Whitella goniumbonata, Whitella hindi, Whitella sigmoidea

Type specimen: UT 81815, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 75. Shale at Zeehan Smelters Quarry, Zeehan, which is in an Eastonian transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Gordon Limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 75. Shale at Zeehan Smelters Quarry, Zeehan

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