†Ovatoconcha fragilis Cope 1996 (Awning Clam)
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Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Full reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1996. Early Ordovician (Arenig) bivalves from the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales. Palaeontology 39(4):979-1026
Belongs to Ovatoconcha according to J. C. W. Cope 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMW 78.17G.1175-1178. Its type locality is Dan-Ian-y-Castell Farm Quarry, Llangynog, (upper) Bolahaul Member, which is in a Moridunian coastal mudstone in the Ogof Hen Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Dan-Ian-y-Castell Farm Quarry, Llangynog, (upper) Bolahaul Member
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