Ectenocardiomorpha Isberg 1934 (clam)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Modiolopsidae

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

Parent taxon: Modiolopsidae according to O. Isberg 1934

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dipleurodonta, Haidongoconcha, Paramodiola, Runnegaria, Whiteavsia

Subtaxa: Ectenocardiomorpha acuta Ectenocardiomorpha elongata Ectenocardiomorpha ventricosa Ectenocardiomorpha volvens Ectenocardiomorpha williamsi

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Type: Ectenocardiomorpha elongata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kallholn, Boda Lst. (Ordovician of Sweden)

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