Sthenodonta Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nucularcidae

Full reference: J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64

Parent taxon: Nucularcidae according to J., Jr. Pojeta and C. A. Stott 2007

See also Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxon: Nucularca

Subtaxa: Sthenodonta eastii Sthenodonta etheridgei Sthenodonta jelli Sthenodonta passmoreae

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Type: Isoarca eastii

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (36 collections)

Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence

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