†Caneyella peculiaris Girty 1910 (oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20(3):189-238
Belongs to Caneyella according to J., Jr. Pojeta 1969
See also Girty 1910
Sister taxa: Caneyella richardsoni, Caneyella wapanuckensis
Type specimen: USNM 155911, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM 3651A-C. along south bluff hill. (Carboniferous of Arkansas)
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