Eoplectodonta duvalii Davidson 1847 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Alternative combinations: Eoplectodonta duvali, Leptaena duvalii, Plectodonta duvali, Sowerbyella duvali

Belongs to Eoplectodonta according to L. R. M. Cocks 1970

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Curtis 1972, Jones 1928, Manten 1971, Musteikis and Cocks 2004 and Rubel 2011

Sister taxa: Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta), Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus), Eoplectodonta acuminata, Eoplectodonta bidecorata, Eoplectodonta budgei, Eoplectodonta california, Eoplectodonta moelsi, Eoplectodonta nesnakomkaensis, Eoplectodonta oscitanda, Eoplectodonta penkillensis, Eoplectodonta percedens, Eoplectodonta praecursor, Eoplectodonta precursor

Type specimen: B 13730, a valve (pedicle valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jaani of Estonia (1 collection), Lithuania (4)

• Silurian of Estonia (1), Lithuania (18), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (4), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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