Vetupraeca duplicata Münster 1840 (clam)

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

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