Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Parent taxon: Lunulacardiidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Fang et al. 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Buckhornia, Conocardiopsis, Guangxiconcha, Honeoyea, Lunulacardiinae, Lunulacardium, Metrocardia, Patrocardia, Pinnopsis, Prosochasma, Pterochaeniinae, Opisthonia
Subtaxa: Pterochaenia (Clarkea) Pterochaenia (Pterochaenia)
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (20 collections), the Czech Republic (6), Germany (1), Poland (1), United States (109: New York, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (1)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (2), Poland (6)
Total: 146 collections including 150 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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