Andinodesma (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae

Parent taxon: Grammysiidae according to U. Rehfeld and J. Mehl 1989

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arenigomya, Asketomorpha, Cercomyopsis, Cimitaria, Cuneamya, Cuneamyinae, Ectogrammysia, Fuchsella, Glyptoconcha, Grammysia, Grammysiinae, Leinzia, Sphenotus, Zaidiomysia, Protomya

Subtaxa: Andinodesma radicostata

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Type: Andinodesma radicostata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Catavi Unit C3 near Cochabamba (Devonian of Bolivia)

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