†Dystactella Hall and Whitfield 1872 (Awning Clam)
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Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Parent taxon: Clinopisthinae according to J. B. Bailey 2021
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Clinopistha
Subtaxa: Dystactella biarmica Dystactella excisa Dystactella insularis Dystactella silurica Dystactella valvulus Dystactella vetusta
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of China (5 collections), Germany (1), India (1), Lithuania (1), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (5), the United Kingdom (6)
• Silurian of Sweden (1)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Maine)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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