Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99
Belongs to Modiolopsis according to A. F. Foerste 1924
Sister taxa: Modiolopsis alvae, Modiolopsis anodontoides, Modiolopsis brevantica, Modiolopsis concentrica, Modiolopsis convexa, Modiolopsis dalecarlica, Modiolopsis draboviensis, Modiolopsis elongata, Modiolopsis exanimis, Modiolopsis exilis, Modiolopsis fabaformis, Modiolopsis hinomotoensis, Modiolopsis hyacinthensis, Modiolopsis kallholniensis, Modiolopsis kogenensis, Modiolopsis leptaenarum, Modiolopsis manitoulinensis, Modiolopsis meafordensis, Modiolopsis modiolaris, Modiolopsis morierei, Modiolopsis nana, Modiolopsis nilssoni, Modiolopsis occidens, Modiolopsis orthoconcavus, Modiolopsis ovata, Modiolopsis parviuscula, Modiolopsis pogonipensis, Modiolopsis pragensis, Modiolopsis pygmaea, Modiolopsis reedi, Modiolopsis rugosa, Modiolopsis sowteri, Modiolopsis subquadrilateralis, Modiolopsis teplofi, Modiolopsis vera, Orthonotella faberi, Modiodesma dalecarlica, Modiodesma kullsbergensis, Modiodesma modiolare, Modiodesma leptaenarum, Lithobia atava
Subtaxa: Modiolopsis borealis postdeclivis
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 3/4 of a mile S of Clay cliffs, Lorraine Fm. (Ordovician of Ontario)
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