Clinopista Meek and Worthen 1870 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida

Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1870. Descriptions of new Carboniferous fossils from the western States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21:137-172

Parent taxon: Nuculoida according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cardiolariidae, Cnestriella, Ctenodontoidea, Dysondonta, Eonuculoma, Eritropsis, Iheringinucula, Kasachia, Leiodysodonta, Lepteviella, Menneroctenia, Neiloides, Nuculacea, Nuculoidea, Paleostraba, Phaseoloidea, Phestioides, Pristiglomoidea, Pseudoleda, Pseudonuculana, Scyphoconcha, Xiaoshuisulcna, Zechania

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Clinopista in the database

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