Uskardita mikraulax Ratter and Cope 1998 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Frejidae

Full reference: V. A. Ratter and J. C. W. Cope. 1998. New Silurian Neotaxodont Bivalves from South Wales and their phylogenetic significance. Palaeontology 41(5):975-991

Belongs to Uskardita according to V. A. Ratter and J. C. W. Cope 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BGS GSM 22187, a shell. Its type locality is Craig y Garcyd, River Usk, Monmouthshire, which is in a Wenlock marine shale in the Wenlock Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Craig y Garcyd, River Usk, Monmouthshire

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