Dexiobia varicostata Branson 1938 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae

Full reference: E.B. Branson. 1938. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Lower MIssissippian of MIssouri, pt. 1. Missouri University Studies 13(3):1-205

Belongs to Dexiobia according to E. G. Driscoll and D. D. Hall 1963

See also Branson 1938

Sister taxon: Dexiobia whitei

Type specimen: U.M. no. 4288.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at King's Butte (Carboniferous of Missouri)

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