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 securiformis, Whitella lata, Whitella sterlingensis, Whitella hindi, Whitella parksi, Whitella plebia, Whitella goniumbonata, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella huguesensis, Whitella torontoensis, Whitella impressata, Whitella sigmoidea, Whitella radiata
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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