Heteroschizodus Newell and Boyd 1975 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae

Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1975. Parallel evolution in early trigonacean bivalves. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 154(2):55-162

Parent taxon: Schizodidae according to L. H. C. Mello 1999

See also Newell and Boyd 1975 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eoastartinae, Schizodinae, Schizodus, Silurozodus, Sinodorinae

Subtaxa: Heteroschizodus macomoides

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Type: Heteroschizodus macomoides

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (10: Texas collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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