Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Alternative combination: Cypricardites grandis
Belongs to Cyrtodonta according to E. O. Ulrich 1894
See also Ulrich 1890
Sister taxa: Cyrtodonta belli, Cyrtodonta billingsi, Cyrtodonta bodae, Cyrtodonta breviuscula, Cyrtodonta carberryi, Cyrtodonta cornwallia, Cyrtodonta dalecarlica, Cyrtodonta exigua, Cyrtodonta gibbera, Cyrtodonta gibbosa, Cyrtodonta hazeli, Cyrtodonta holmi, Cyrtodonta huronensis, Cyrtodonta kagawongensis, Cyrtodonta kallholniensis, Cyrtodonta kayseri, Cyrtodonta lamellosa, Cyrtodonta lindstromi, Cyrtodonta megumbona, Cyrtodonta mira, Cyrtodonta mobergi, Cyrtodonta oboloidea, Cyrtodonta orsae, Cyrtodonta ovalis, Cyrtodonta ponderosa, Cyrtodonta prima, Cyrtodonta quartzitica, Cyrtodonta richardi, Cyrtodonta scala, Cyrtodonta schmalenseei, Cyrtodonta solitaria, Cyrtodonta staffordae, Cyrtodonta subovata, Cyrtodonta suecica, Cyrtodonta wattii
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (6: Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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