Cleionychia oviformis Kobayashi 1934 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae

Alternative combination: Clionychia oviformis

Full reference: T. Kobayashi. 1934. The Cambro-Ordovician formations and faunas of south Chosen. Paleontology. Part I. Middle Ordovician faunas. Journal of the Faculty of Science, the Imperial University of Tokyo, Section 2 3(8):335-519

Belongs to Cleionychia according to J. Pojeta 1966

See also Kobayashi 1934

Sister taxa: Cleionychia attenuata, Cleionychia corrugata, Cleionychia crebra, Cleionychia crispa, Cleionychia curta, Cleionychia excavata, Cleionychia gibbosa, Cleionychia lamellosa, Cleionychia marginalis, Cleionychia montrealensis, Cleionychia mytiloides, Cleionychia ottawaensis, Cleionychia primitiva, Cleionychia pulchella, Cleionychia subundata, Cleionychia superba, Cleionychia traingularis, Clionychia curta, Clionychia rhomboidea, Clionychia subundata, Clionychia undata, Anoptera angusta, Anoptera miseneri

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hyesan (=Keizan-son) (Ordovician of North Korea)

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