Dexiobia Winchell 1863 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae

Full reference: A. Winchell. 1863. Descriptions of fossils from the yellow sandstones lying beneath the “Burlington limestone” at Burlington, Iowa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7:2-25

Parent taxon: Dexiobiinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Kříž 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxon: Oracardia

Subtaxa: Dexiobia varicostata Dexiobia whitei

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (5: Iowa, Missouri collections)

Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences

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