Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Full reference: A. Winchell. 1871. Notices and descriptions of fossils from the Marshall group of the Western States, with notes on fossils from other formations. Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society 11:245-260
Belongs to Sanguinolites according to R. D. Hoare 1993
See also Busanus and Hoare 1991, Herrick 1888 and Winchell 1871
Sister taxa: Sanguinolites bellerophontium, Sanguinolites bisectus, Sanguinolites carbonaria, Sanguinolites combensis, Sanguinolites drupa, Sanguinolites gracilis, Sanguinolites gracilis, Sanguinolites hekitoensis, Sanguinolites ishii, Sanguinolites kamiyassensis, Sanguinolites lukjanovae, Sanguinolites modiomorphoides, Sanguinolites naenia, 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
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: West Virginia collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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