Bivalvia - Colpomyida - Colpomyidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich. 1893. New and little known Lamellibranchiata from the Lower Silurian rocks of Ohio and adjacent states. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio 7(5):627-693
Parent taxon: Colpomyidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010
See also Cox et al. 1969, Liljedahl 1994, Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977, Sánchez 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Colpantyx, Eurymya, Pseudocolpomya, Xestoconcha
Subtaxa: Colpomya audae Colpomya balderi Colpomya constricta Colpomya elongata Colpomya faba Colpomya friggi Colpomya heimeri Colpomya hugini Colpomya lokei Colpomya munini Colpomya ranae Colpomya vaki
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Yemen (4 collections)
• Silurian of Spain (1), Sweden (4), United States (1: Alaska)
• Arenig of Argentina (3)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Canada (8: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), Czechia (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (16: Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 43 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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