Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Alternative combination: Cyrtodonta plebia
Belongs to Whitella according to W. H. Twenhofel 1928
See also Billings 1866 and Ulrich 1894
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 goniumbonata, Whitella securiformis, Whitella parksi, Whitella radiata, Whitella sterlingensis, Whitella lata, Whitella sigmoidea, Whitella impressata, Whitella huguesensis, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella hindi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Carleton Point (Ordovician of Quebec)
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