†Alytodonta gibbosa Cope 1997 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Full reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1997. The early phylogeny of the Class Bivalvia. Palaeontology 40(3):713-746
Belongs to Alytodonta according to J. C. W. Cope 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH L. 49858, a shell. Its type locality is Mulloch Hill, Ayrshire [Mulloch Hill Sandstone], which is in a Rhuddanian marine sandstone in the Mulloch Hill Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mulloch Hill, Ayrshire [Mulloch Hill Sandstone]
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