Cyrtodontula dubia Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen 1960 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Full reference: H. Soot-Ryen and T. Soot-Ryen. 1960. The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway: 11, Pelecypoda. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 40(2):81-122

Belongs to Cyrtodontula according to H. Soot-Ryen and T. Soot-Ryen 1960

Sister taxa: Cyrtodontula complanata, Cyrtodontula compressa, Cyrtodontula delacarlica, Cyrtodontula hadzeli, Cyrtodontula obliquata, Cyrtodontula sohli, Cyrtodontula subtruncata, Cyrtodontula truncata, Cyrtodontula ventricosa, Whitella securiformis, Whitella lata, Whitella sigmoidea, Whitella torontoensis, Whitella impressata, Whitella plebia, Whitella huguesensis, Whitella hindi, Whitella parksi, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella sterlingensis, Whitella goniumbonata, Whitella radiata

Type specimen: P.M.O7254, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Western side of Røysetangen, Chasmops Shale, 4b (Ordovician of Norway)

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