Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardiola duplicata, Praecardium duplicatum
Full reference: G. Münster. 1840. Beitrage zur Petrefactenkunde von Dr. Wissmann und Graf Münster unter Mitwirkung des Dr. Braun miv XIV, nach der Nature gezeichneten Tafeln 91-123
Belongs to Vetupraeca according to J. Nagel-Myers et al. 2008
See also Beushausen 1895 and Münster 1840
Sister taxa: Vetupraeca clymeniae, Vetupraeca melletes, Vetupraeca vetusta
Type specimen: AS VII 366., a shell. Its type locality is Gattendorf, which is in a Famennian marine shale/limestone in Germany.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), United States (1: New York)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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