Moridunia simplicidens Cope 1996 (clam)

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Redoniidae

Full reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1996. Early Ordovician (Arenig) bivalves from the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales. Palaeontology 39(4):979-1026

Belongs to Moridunia according to J. C. W. Cope 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMW 78. 17G. 161. Its type locality is Dan-Ian-y-Castell Farm, Llangynog, which is in a Moridunian coastal mudstone in the Ogof Hen Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dan-Ian-y-Castell Farm, Llangynog

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