Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Alternative combination: Sphenotus obliquus
Belongs to Sanguinolites according to R. D. Hoare 1993
Sister taxa: Sanguinolites bellerophontium, Sanguinolites bisectus, Sanguinolites carbonaria, Sanguinolites clavulus, Sanguinolites combensis, Sanguinolites drupa, Sanguinolites gracilis, Sanguinolites gracilis, Sanguinolites hekitoensis, Sanguinolites ishii, Sanguinolites kamiyassensis, Sanguinolites lukjanovae, Sanguinolites modiomorphoides, Sanguinolites naenia, Sanguinolites naiadiformis, 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: found only at Bramwell Member, Bluestone Formation (Carboniferous of West Virginia)
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