Ortonella gorensis Foerste 1924 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99

Belongs to Ortonella according to A. F. Foerste 1924

Sister taxa: Ortonella furcata, Ortonella hainesi, Ortonella stewarti

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 2 miles NW of Gore Bay, Kagawong Fm. (Ordovician of Ontario)

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