Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Alternative combination: Chonetoidea abdita
Full reference: H. B. Whittington and A. B. Williams. 1955. The fauna of the Derfel Limestone of the Arenig District, North Wales. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 238(658):397-429
Belongs to Sericoidea according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Candela 2011, Cocks 2010, Parkes 1994, Whittington and Williams 1955 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Sericoidea craigensis, Sericoidea minor, Sericoidea minuta, Sericoidea restricta, Sericoidea sejuncta
Subtaxa: Chonetoidea abdita abdita Chonetoidea abdita complicata
Type specimen: SM A40988, a valve (ventral valve)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Ireland (3 collections), the United Kingdom (17)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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