Cypricardella subalata Girty 1910 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida

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 Cypricardella according to J., Jr. Pojeta 1969

See also Girty 1910

Sister taxa: Cypricardella amarassiensis, Cypricardella petschorica, Cypricardella tenuistriata, Cypricardella trapezoidalis, Microdon (Cypricardella) connatus, Microdon (Cypricardella) macrostriatus

Type specimen: USNM 155924, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Arkansas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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