Heikea Isberg 1934 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Full reference: O. Isberg. 1934. Studien über Lamellibranchiaten des Leptaenakalkes in Dalarna. Håkan Ohlssons Buchdruckerei 1-493

Parent taxon: Cyrtodontidae according to O. Isberg 1934

Sister taxa: Cyrtodonta, Cyrtodontinae, Cyrtodontula, Daliella, Dickinsartella, Macrodesma, Ortonella, Pharcidoconcha, Ptychodesmatinae, Sowteria, Thorslundia, Vanuxemia, Vigorniella, Warburgia, Yonginella

Subtaxa: Heikea communis Heikea extumida Heikea fallax Heikea filberta Heikea fragilis Heikea glabra Heikea globosa Heikea insolita Heikea lata Heikea megumbona Heikea nux Heikea oblonga Heikea ovata Heikea parva Heikea plana Heikea preciosa Heikea pulchra Heikea rara Heikea reniformis Heikea rotunda Heikea saffordi Heikea selecta Heikea subglobosa Heikea ulrichi Heikea ventricosa Heikea veterior

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Type: Heikea selecta

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Sweden (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 26 occurrences

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