Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Replacement name for "Cyrtodontia gibbosa Salter" (Hind, 1910), for which the specimen was originally identified, although the species combination was never formally described and is hence considered nomen nudum by Cope (1997).

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Full reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1997. The early phylogeny of the Class Bivalvia. Palaeontology 40(3):713-746

Parent taxon: Parallelodontidae according to J. C. W. Cope 1997

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bapristodia, Cosmetodon, Cucullaria, Cucullopsis, Grammatodontinae, Kamenevus, Macrodontella, Parallelodontinae, Pleurogrammatodon, Porterius, Spitionella

Subtaxa: Alytodonta gibbosa

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Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mulloch Hill, Ayrshire [Mulloch Hill Sandstone] (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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