Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
Alternative combination: Modiolopsis siliqua
Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160
Belongs to Cypricardia according to J. D. Dana 1849
See also Dana 1847
Sister taxa: Cypricardia decurtata, Cypricardia haguei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Illawarra District (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Gerringong Formation of Australia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Illawarra District (USNM coll)
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