Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae
Full reference: M. W. Caldwell and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1995. Phylogenetic analysis of some Silurian rostroconchs (Mollusca) from northwestern Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 32:806-827
Parent taxon: Pseudobigaleainae according to N. S. Rogalla and M. R. W. Amler 2006
See also Caldwell and Chatterton 1995
Sister taxa: Hadropipetta, Kandosoconcha, Nehedia, Pseudobigalea
Subtaxa: Redstonia buskasi Redstonia cooperi Redstonia knaeckei Redstonia tercierae Redstonia visbyensis
Type: Bigalea tercierae
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (1: New York collection)
• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
• Silurian of Sweden (3)
• Ordovician of United States (2: Oklahoma, Virginia)
Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences
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