Oxyprora equilaterale Hall 1856 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae

Alternative combination: Conocardium equilaterale

Full reference: J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36

Belongs to Oxyprora according to R. D. Hoare 2006

See also Cummings and Beede 1906, Hall 1856, Hall 1883 and Whitfield 1882

Sister taxa: Hoarepora capitanensis, Hoarepora missouriensis, Hoarepora parrishi, Hoarepora prattenanum, Hoarepora tschernyschewi, Hoarepora uralica, Oxyprora sayrei, Oxyprora carinatum, Oxyprora digitatum, Oxyprora halmerjus, Oxyprora oklahomaense, Oxyprora mesialis

Type specimen: AMNH F1 51280, a shell

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Oxyprora equilaterale in the database

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