†family Vlastidae Isberg 1934 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Vlastidae

Full reference: O. Isberg. 1934. Studien über Lamellibranchiaten des Leptaenakalkes in Dalarna. Håkan Ohlssons Buchdruckerei 1-493

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Isberg 1934

Sister taxa: Bakevelliidae, Cassianellidae, Kochiidae, Malleidae, Pergamidiidae, Plicatostylidae, Pteriidae, Melinidae

Subtaxa: Praeostreinae Shaninopsis Vlastinae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Austria (1 collection), Czechia (3), Morocco (2)

• Silurian of Czechia (15), Italy (1), Jordan (1)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 27 collections including 51 occurrences

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