Alternative combinations: Microdon (Cypricardella) tenuistriata, Microdon tenuistriata
Full reference: J. Hall and R. P. Whitfield. 1869. Preliminary notice of the lamellibranchiate shells of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, with others from the Waverly sandstones, part 2. 1-80
Belongs to Cypricardella according to C.M. Prosser and E.M. Kindle 1913
See also Hall 1885 and Hall and Whitfield 1869
Sister taxa: Cypricardella amarassiensis, Cypricardella petschorica, Cypricardella subalata, Cypricardella trapezoidalis, Microdon (Cypricardella) connatus, Microdon (Cypricardella) macrostriatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (10: Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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