Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Alternative combinations: Bodmania ventricosa, Cypricardites ventricosa, Edmondia ventricosa, Whitella ventricosa
Belongs to Cyrtodontula according to R. T. Toni 1975
See also Hall 1847, Miller 1889, Miller and Faber 1894 and Ulrich 1894
Sister taxa: Cyrtodontula complanata, Cyrtodontula compressa, Cyrtodontula delacarlica, Cyrtodontula dubia, Cyrtodontula hadzeli, Cyrtodontula obliquata, Cyrtodontula sohli, Cyrtodontula subtruncata, Cyrtodontula truncata, Whitella plebia, Whitella torontoensis, Whitella goniumbonata, Whitella sigmoidea, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella sterlingensis, Whitella parksi, Whitella huguesensis, Whitella impressata, Whitella lata, Whitella radiata, Whitella hindi, Whitella securiformis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario collection), Norway (1), United States (2: New York)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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