Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
Synonym: Davidia Hicks 1873
Parent taxon: Cycloconchidae according to J. C. W. Cope 1996
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter 1971, Cox et al. 1969, Cox et al. 1969, Hicks 1873 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ananterodonta, Carminodonta, Catamarcaia, Celtoconcha, Copidens, Cycloconcha, Cycloconchinae, Famatinadonta, Fasciculodonta, Fortowensia, Poladonta, Taselasmodinae
Subtaxa: Actinodonta cuneata Actinodonta naranjoana Actinodonta ramseyensis Davidia antiqua
Type: Actinodonta cuneata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado, Oregon)
• Clarkforkian of United States (2: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (25: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Dobrotivian of France (3), Spain (1)
• Arenig of France (3), the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 43 collections including 52 occurrences
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