Edmondia aspinwallensis Meek 1871 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1871. Preliminary paleontological report, consisting of lists of fossils, with descriptions of some new types. United Staets Geological Survey Wyoming Preliminary Report 4:287-318

Belongs to Edmondia according to R. D. Hoare 1961

Sister taxa: Edmondia acutangula, Edmondia anodontoides, Edmondia aspenwallensis, Edmondia athenae, Edmondia bellula, Edmondia circularis, Edmondia crassa, Edmondia dubia, Edmondia elongata, Edmondia equilateralis, Edmondia filigrana, Edmondia gibbosa, Edmondia glabra, Edmondia grandis, Edmondia guembeli, Edmondia hamlingii, Edmondia hautmanni, Edmondia hudsoni, Edmondia isocosmica, Edmondia medon, Edmondia meekiana, Edmondia multilamellosa, Edmondia nebrascensis, Edmondia netschajewi, Edmondia nodulifera, Edmondia omolonica, Edmondia ovata, Edmondia phosphatica, Edmondia pinonensis, Edmondia pitkinensis, Edmondia prichardi, Edmondia radiata, Edmondia rotunda, Edmondia rudis, Edmondia soleniformis, Edmondia suborbiculata, Edmondia suborbiculata, Edmondia sulcata, Edmondia tiesseni, Edmondia unioniformis, Edmondia vetusta, Edmondia yachihoensis, Broeckia primula

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Belize (1 collection), United States (5: Kansas, Missouri, Ohio)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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