Ledopsis Beushausen 1884 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Parent taxon: Praenuculidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arcodonta, Bicrenucula, Concavodontinae, Costaledopsis, Fidera, Habonucula, Homilodonta, Nuculodonta, Palaeoconcha, Palaeoconchiella, Paulinea, Pensarnia, Praenucula, Praenuculinae, Pseudoledopsis, Pseudonucula, Similodonta, Smilodonta, Synek, Tironucula

Subtaxa: Ledopsis robusta

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Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection)

• Silurian of Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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