Arenigomya Cope 1996 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae

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

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Arenigomya carinata

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Type: Arenigomya carinata

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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