Macrodesma Isberg 1934 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Full reference: O. Isberg. 1934. Studien über Lamellibranchiaten des Leptaenakalkes in Dalarna. Håkan Ohlssons Buchdruckerei 1-493

Parent taxon: Cyrtodontidae according to M. Polechová 2022

See also Isberg 1934, Kříž 2008 and Newell 1969

Sister taxa: Cyrtodonta, Cyrtodontinae, Cyrtodontula, Daliella, Dickinsartella, Heikea, Matheria, Ortonella, Pharcidoconcha, Ptychodesmatinae, Sowteria, Thorslundia, Vanuxemia, Vigorniella, Warburgia, Yonginella

Subtaxa: Macrodesma enigma Macrodesma flexa Macrodesma modesta Macrodesma striata

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Type: Macrodesma striata

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Czechia (1 collection)

• Letna of Czechia (1)

• Ordovician of Czechia (1), Sweden (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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