Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Full reference: A. Winchell. 1862. Descriptions of fossils from the Marshall and Huron groups of Michigan. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6:405-430
Belongs to Sanguinolites according to J. W. Busanus and R. D. Hoare 1991
See also Driscoll 1965 and Winchell 1862
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 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 ventricosus, Sanguinolites woolnoughi, Sanguinolites xizangensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: West Virginia collections)
• Devonian of China (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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