†order Colpomyida Carter 2011 (clam)

Bivalvia - Colpomyida

Full reference: J. G. Carter. 2011. New taxonomic names, in A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4:1-47

Parent taxon: Mytilomorphi according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

Sister taxon: Mytilida

Subtaxa: Colpomyoidea

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (13 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio)

Total: 27 collections including 37 occurrences

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