Fasciculodonta curvata Wang et al. 2025 (clam)

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae

Full reference: Y. Wang, Z. Fang, D. A. Harper, Y. Zhang, X. Wei, G. Wang, and R. Zhan. 2025. New Ordovician bivalves from the Indochina Palaeoplate in Dali, western Yunnan, Southwest China and their palaeogeographic significance. Palaeoworld 34(3):100883

Belongs to Fasciculodonta according to Y. Wang et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Fasciculodonta fengyiensis, Fasciculodonta impressa

Type specimen: NIGP203591, a shell. Its type locality is 22YDX-03 Heshanding Hill, Xiangyang village, Hsiangyang type section, which is in a Darriwilian marine siltstone/mudstone in the Hsiangyang Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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