Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Belongs to Whitella according to Meek and Worthen 1890
Sister taxa: Cyrtodontula complanata, Cyrtodontula compressa, Cyrtodontula delacarlica, Cyrtodontula dubia, Cyrtodontula hadzeli, Cyrtodontula obliquata, Cyrtodontula sohli, Cyrtodontula subtruncata, Cyrtodontula truncata, Cyrtodontula ventricosa, Whitella torontoensis, Whitella securiformis, Whitella goniumbonata, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella huguesensis, Whitella sigmoidea, Whitella parksi, Whitella lata, Whitella radiata, Whitella plebia, Whitella hindi, Whitella impressata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sterling, Maquoketa Fm. (Ordovician of Illinois)
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