Bowlandia rhombea Phillips 1836 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Alternative combinations: Cypricardia rhombea, Mytilomorpha rhombea, Sanguinolites rhombea

Full reference: J. Phillips. 1836. Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or, a description of the strata and organic remains; accompanied by a geological map, sections and diagrams, and figures of the fossils 1-236

Belongs to Bowlandia according to N. J. Morris et al. 1991

See also de Koninck 1885 and Phillips 1836

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BM L3480. Its type locality is Bolland, Yorkshire (= Queensbury, Bradford), which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone in the Danny Bridge Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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