Moridunia Cope 1996 (clam)

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Redoniidae

Full reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1996. Early Ordovician (Arenig) bivalves from the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales. Palaeontology 39(4):979-1026

Parent taxon: Redoniidae according to J. C. W. Cope 1996

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dulcineaia, Eoredonia, Pseudoredonia, Redonia, Yunnanoredonia

Subtaxa: Moridunia simplicidens

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Type: Moridunia simplicidens

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dan-Ian-y-Castell Farm Quarry, Llangynog, (upper) Bolahaul Member (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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