Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
Alternative combination: Allorisma leavenworthensis
Full reference: F. B. Meek and F.V. Hayden. 1858. Remarks oon the Lower Cretaceous beds of Kansas and Nebraska, together with descriptions of some new species of Carboniferous fossils from the valley of Kansas River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1858:256-264
Belongs to Chaenomya according to R. D. Hoare 1961
See also Beede 1900, Meek and Hayden 1858 and Meek and Hayden 1864
Sister taxa: Chaenomya caatingaensis, Chaenomya guizhouensis, Chaenomya nuraensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Kansas, Missouri, Ohio collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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