Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Invalid subtaxa: Cardiomorpha ovata Hall 1858 [replaced name], Dexiobia ovata Hall 1858 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. Winchell. 1863. Descriptions of fossils from the yellow sandstones lying beneath the “Burlington limestone” at Burlington, Iowa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7:2-25
Belongs to Dexiobia according to E. G. Driscoll and D. D. Hall 1963
See also Branson 1938, Hall 1858, Herrick 1888 and Winchell 1863
Sister taxon: Dexiobia varicostata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Iowa, Missouri collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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