Sedgwickia McCoy 1844 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae

Alternative spelling: Allorisma (Sedgwickia)

Parent taxon: Grammysiinae according to D. M. C. Machado et al. 2021

See also Meek 1871, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Cardiomorpha, Grammysioidea, Paraprothyris, Prothyris

Subtaxa: Sedgwickia guangdongensis Sedgwickia lianxianensis Sedgwickia topekaensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (5 collections), Malaysia (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3), United States (9: Arkansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia, West Virginia)

• Devonian of China (1), Poland (3)

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (5)

• Ordovician of United States (1: Ohio)

Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences

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