Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich. 1894. The Lower Silurian Lamellibranchiata of Minnesota. Minnesota Geology and Natural History Survey 3:475-628
Belongs to Modiolopsis according to E. O. Ulrich 1894
Sister taxa: Modiolopsis alvae, Modiolopsis anodontoides, Modiolopsis borealis, 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 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, Modiodesma leptaenarum, Modiodesma modiolare, Modiodesma dalecarlica, Modiodesma kullsbergensis, Lithobia atava, Orthonotella faberi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Clitambonites Beds, near Cannon Falls, which is in a Shermanian marine limestone in the Prosser Formation of Minnesota
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Clitambonites Beds, near Cannon Falls
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