†Heteroschizodus macomoides Newell and Boyd 1975 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1975. Parallel evolution in early trigonacean bivalves. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 154(2):55-162
Belongs to Heteroschizodus according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1975
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 29212, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is AMNH512, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (9: Texas collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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