Arcodonta Cope 1999 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Full reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1999. Middle Ordovician bivalves from Mid-Wales and the Welsh Borderland. Palaeontology 42(3):467-499

Parent taxon: Praenuculidae according to J. C. W. Cope 1999

Sister taxa: Bicrenucula, Concavodontinae, Costaledopsis, Fidera, Habonucula, Homilodonta, Ledopsis, Nuculodonta, Palaeoconchiella, Paulinea, Pensarnia, Praenucula, Praenuculinae, Pseudoledopsis, Pseudonucula, Smilodonta, Synek, Tironucula

Subtaxa: Arcodonta regularis

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Type: Arcodonta regularis

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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