†Nucularca gorensis Foerste 1924 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nucularcidae
Alternative combination: Ctenodonta cingulata gorensis
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99
Belongs to Nucularca according to J., Jr. Pojeta and C. A. Stott 2007
See also Foerste 1924
Sister taxa: Nucularca cingulata, Nucularca lorrainensis, Nucularca pectunculoides
Type specimen: GSC 8424, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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