Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Alternative combination: Whitella obliquata
Belongs to Cyrtodontula according to R. T. Toni 1975
See also Cope 1996 and Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen 1960
Sister taxa: Cyrtodontula complanata, Cyrtodontula compressa, Cyrtodontula delacarlica, Cyrtodontula dubia, Cyrtodontula hadzeli, Cyrtodontula sohli, Cyrtodontula subtruncata, Cyrtodontula truncata, Cyrtodontula ventricosa, Whitella securiformis, Whitella goniumbonata, Whitella lata, Whitella plebia, Whitella impressata, Whitella sterlingensis, Whitella sigmoidea, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella radiata, Whitella huguesensis, Whitella parksi, Whitella torontoensis, Whitella hindi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Western side of Røysetangen, Chasmops Shale, 4b (Ordovician of Norway)
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