†family Oriocrassatellidae Boyd and Newell 1968 (clam)

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Oriocrassatellidae

Alternative spelling: Oriocrassatellinae

Full reference: D. W. Boyd and N.D. Newell. 1968. Hinge grades in the evolution of crassatellacean bivalves as revealed by Permian genera. American Museum Novitates 2328:1-52

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Crassatellopsidae

Subtaxa: Oriocrassatella

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (14), China (2), Greenland (1), India (2), Indonesia (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (13), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (2: Wyoming)

• Pennsylvanian of Australia (2)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), Australia (2), Brazil (1), United States (2: Arizona)

Total: 47 collections including 52 occurrences

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