Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Alternative combination: Cypricardia crenistria
Full reference: G. Sandberger and F. Sandberger. 1855. Die Versteinerungen rheinischen Schichtensystems in Nassau 233-564
Belongs to Cypricardinia according to F. Maurer 1886
See also Sandberger and Sandberger 1855
Sister taxa: Cypricardinia borealica, Cypricardinia contracta, Cypricardinia dalecarlica, Cypricardinia eopermica, Cypricardinia fayettevillensis, Cypricardinia fossa, Cypricardinia indenta, Cypricardinia kallholniensis, Cypricardinia mytiliformis, Cypricardinia permica, Cypricardinia planulata, Cypricardinia revoluta, Cypricardinia securigera, Cypricardinia ulrichi
Type specimen: Wiesbaden No 233. Its type locality is Niederlahnstein in Spiriferensandstein, which is in an Emsian marine sandstone in Germany.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), Germany (1), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Türkiye (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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