†family Spanilidae Kříž 2007 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Spanilidae

Full reference: J. Kříž. 2007. Origin, evolution and classification of the new superorder Nepiomorpha (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Lower Palaeozoic). Palaeontology 50(6):1341-1365

Parent taxon: Dualinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Kříž 2007

Sister taxa: Dualinidae, Praelucinidae, Stolidotidae

Subtaxa: Algerina Kenzieana Spanila Tetinka

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Alaska collection)

• Devonian of Czechia (1), France (1), Morocco (1)

• Silurian of Algeria (2), Austria (3), Czechia (26), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (3)

Total: 40 collections including 54 occurrences

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