Bivalvia - Uniomorphi - Thoraliidae
Synonym: Miquelana Babin et al. 1982 [objective synonym]
Full reference: N. J. Morris. 1980. A new Lower Ordovician bivalve family, the Thoraliidae (? Nuculoida), interpreted as actinodont deposit feeders. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History (Geology Series) 34:265-272
Parent taxon: Thoraliidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2000
See also Babin et al. 1982, Bouchet et al. 2010, Morris 1980, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 2023
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Thoralia languedociana
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Fennian of France (1 collection)
• Arenig of France (2)
• Ordovician of France (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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