Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1877. Part I. Palaeontology. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4:1-197
Belongs to Modiomorpha according to J. P. Smith 1914
See also Meek 1877
Sister taxa: Modiomorpha altiforme, Modiomorpha ambigua, Modiomorpha concentrica, Modiomorpha desiderata, Modiomorpha kallholniense, Modiomorpha mitchellae, Modiomorpha mytiloides, Modiomorpha oblonga, Modiomorpha obtusa, Modiomorpha ostbjorkae, Modiomorpha ovata, Modiomorpha pintoensis, Modiomorpha praecursor, Modiomorpha quadrula
Type specimen: Its type locality is North fork of Buena Vista Canon, West Humboldt Range, which is in a Bithynian carbonate limestone in Nevada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at North fork of Buena Vista Canon, West Humboldt Range
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