†Claudeonychia babini Pojeta 1997 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Full reference: J., J.r. Pojeta. 1997. Claudeonychia babini nov. gen. et nov. sp. of Ordovician ambonychiid palecypods from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Géobios Mémoire Spécial 20:433-436
Belongs to Claudeonychia according to J., Jr. Pojeta 1997
Sister taxa: Claudeonychia byrnesi, Claudeonychia laticostata, Claudeonychia notabilis
Type specimen: USNM 46672, a shell (internal mold of whole shell). Its type locality is Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, which is in a Maysvillian carbonate limestone in the Grant Lake Formation of Ohio.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mount Auburn, Cincinnati
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