Praeleda multidentata Cope 1999 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiolariatida - Cardiolariidae

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

Belongs to Praeleda according to J. C. W. Cope 1999

Sister taxon: Praeleda compar

Type specimen: NHM, 5442/4. Its type locality is Camnant Cliff Section, which is in an Abereiddian shoreface mudstone/sandstone in the Camnant Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Camnant Cliff Section

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