Falcatodonta Cope 1996 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Falcatodontidae

Full reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1996. Early Ordovician (Arenig) bivalves from the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales. Palaeontology 39(4):979-1026

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dan-Ian-y-Castell Farm, Llangynog (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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