Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare. 2007. Bivalve mollusks from the Maxville Limestone (Mississippian) in Ohio. The Ohio Journal of Science 107(4):63-75
Belongs to Sanguinolites according to R. D. Hoare 2007
Sister taxa: Sanguinolites bellerophontium, Sanguinolites bisectus, Sanguinolites carbonaria, Sanguinolites combensis, Sanguinolites drupa, Sanguinolites gracilis, Sanguinolites gracilis, Sanguinolites ishii, Sanguinolites kamiyassensis, Sanguinolites lukjanovae, Sanguinolites modiomorphoides, Sanguinolites naenia, Sanguinolites naiadiformis, Sanguinolites obliquus, Sanguinolites olseni, Sanguinolites peruvianus, Sanguinolites porteri, Sanguinolites qiaojiaensis, Sanguinolites retusus, Sanguinolites rigidus, Sanguinolites salteri, Sanguinolites sanduskyensis, Sanguinolites shumardi, Sanguinolites simplex, Sanguinolites simulans, Sanguinolites sphenoidalis, Sanguinolites unioniformis, Sanguinolites ventricosus, Sanguinolites woolnoughi, Sanguinolites xizangensis
Type specimen: OSU 52491, a shell (left valve). Its type locality is Maxville Stone Co. quarry, west side of Ohio Rte. 668, ~1.1 km N Maxville, which is in a Chesterian/Brigantian carbonate limestone/shale in the Maxville Limestone Formation of Ohio.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Ohio collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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