Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Alternative combination: Palaearca oboloidea
Synonyms: Cyrtodonta hopkinsoni Hicks 1873, Cyrtodonta lobleyi Hicks 1873, Glyptarca lobleyi Hicks 1873, Palaearca hopkinsoni Hicks 1873
Full reference: H. Hicks. 1873. On the Tremadoc rocks in the neighbourhood of St. David's, South Wales and their fossil contents. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 29(1):39-52
Belongs to Cyrtodonta according to R. M. Carter 1971
See also Hicks 1873
Sister taxa: Cyrtodonta belli, Cyrtodonta billingsi, Cyrtodonta bodae, Cyrtodonta breviuscula, Cyrtodonta carberryi, Cyrtodonta cornwallia, Cyrtodonta dalecarlica, Cyrtodonta exigua, Cyrtodonta gibbera, Cyrtodonta gibbosa, Cyrtodonta grandis, Cyrtodonta hazeli, Cyrtodonta holmi, Cyrtodonta huronensis, Cyrtodonta kagawongensis, Cyrtodonta kallholniensis, Cyrtodonta kayseri, Cyrtodonta lamellosa, Cyrtodonta lindstromi, Cyrtodonta megumbona, Cyrtodonta mira, Cyrtodonta mobergi, Cyrtodonta orsae, Cyrtodonta ovalis, Cyrtodonta ponderosa, Cyrtodonta prima, Cyrtodonta quartzitica, Cyrtodonta richardi, Cyrtodonta scala, Cyrtodonta schmalenseei, Cyrtodonta solitaria, Cyrtodonta staffordae, Cyrtodonta subovata, Cyrtodonta suecica, Cyrtodonta wattii
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
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