Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Alternative combination: Whitella complanata
Belongs to Cyrtodontula according to H. Soot-Ryen and T. Soot-Ryen 1960
Sister taxa: Cyrtodontula compressa, Cyrtodontula delacarlica, Cyrtodontula dubia, 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
Subtaxa: Whitella complanata moniquensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Quebec, Québec collections), Norway (6)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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