Glyptodesma allani Bradshaw 1999 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Full reference: M. A. Bradshaw. 1999. Lower Devonian bivalves from the Reefton Group, New Zealand. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 20:1-171

Belongs to Glyptodesma according to M. A. Bradshaw 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCM136/1. Its type locality is Murray Creek Fmn, Inangahua & Waitahu Outliers, Reefton area, New Zealand, which is in an Emsian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Murray Creek Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Murray Creek Fmn, Inangahua & Waitahu Outliers, Reefton area, New Zealand

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