Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Alternative combinations: Leda (Yoldia) levistriata, Yoldia levistriata
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1860. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from Illinois and other western states. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12:447-472
Belongs to Paleyoldia according to J. W. Busanus and R. D. Hoare 1991
See also Meek and Worthen 1860 and Meek and Worthen 1866
Sister taxa: Paleyoldia angustia, Paleyoldia bruta, Paleyoldia glabra, Paleyoldia subscitula
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: West Virginia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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