Pseudarca celtica Tunnicliff 1987 (clam)

Bivalvia - Unioni - Pseudarcidae

Full reference: S.P. Tunnicliff. 1987. Caradocian bivalve molluscs from Wales. Palaeontology 30(4):677-690

Belongs to Pseudarca according to S.P. Tunnicliff 1987

Sister taxa: Pseudarca incola, Pseudarca typa

Type specimen: BGS GSM 24179, a shell. Its type locality is Allt-Tair-ffynon Beds at Allt y Gadair, which is in a Longvillian marine mudstone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Allt-Tair-ffynon Beds at Allt y Gadair

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