†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:

• Jurassic of Yemen (4 collections)

• Silurian of Spain (1), Sweden (4), United States (1: Alaska)

• Arenig of Argentina (3)

• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Australia (13), Canada (8: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec), Czechia (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (29: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia)

Total: 70 collections including 84 occurrences

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