Levibuchiola digitata Roemer 1850 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Buchiolidae

Alternative combinations: Buchiola digitata, Cardiola digitata

Full reference: F. A. Roemer. 1850. Beiträge zur geologischen Kenntniss des nordwestlichen Harzgebirges. Palaeontographica 3(1):1-67

Belongs to Levibuchiola according to M.C. Grimm 1998

See also Beushausen 1895 and Roemer 1850

Sister taxa: Levibuchiola kaisini, Levibuchiola semiimpressa

Type specimen: TUCLP Bi 339a. Its type locality is S-Teil des Ziegenberger Teichs bei Buntenbock im Harz, which is in an Eifelian deep subtidal shale in the Wissenbach Formation of Germany.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Czechia (1 collection), Germany (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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