†Emiliodonta Sánchez 2010 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Synonym: Emiliania Sanchez 1999 [replaced name]
Full reference: T. M. Sánchez. 2010. Emiliodonta, new name for Emiliania Sánchez, 1999, not Emiliania Hay and Mohlen, 1967. Journal of Paleontology 84(4):781-781
Parent taxon: Concavodontinae according to T. M. Sánchez 2010
See also Sanchez 1999
Sister taxa: Concavodonta, Hemiconcavodonta
Subtaxa: Emiliodonta cuerdai
Type: Emiliania cuerdai
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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