Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Alternative combination: Edmondia subtruncata
Belongs to Cyrtodontula according to H. Soot-Ryen and T. Soot-Ryen 1960
Sister taxa: Cyrtodontula complanata, Cyrtodontula compressa, Cyrtodontula delacarlica, Cyrtodontula dubia, Cyrtodontula hadzeli, Cyrtodontula obliquata, Cyrtodontula sohli, Cyrtodontula truncata, Cyrtodontula ventricosa, Whitella sterlingensis, Whitella securiformis, Whitella sigmoidea, Whitella impressata, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella parksi, Whitella lata, Whitella goniumbonata, Whitella torontoensis, Whitella plebia, Whitella hindi, Whitella huguesensis, Whitella radiata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Maryland collections)
• Ordovician of Norway (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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