Talacastella Sanchez 1986 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae

Full reference: T. M. Sanchez. 1986. La presencia de la familia Eopteriidae (Mollusca, Rostroconchia) en la Formacion San Juan (Ordovicico Inferior) de la Precordillera Argentina. Actas del IV congreso Argentino de paleontologia y bioestratigrafia - Simposio: Bioestratigrafia del Paleozoico Inferior. Ed. A. Cuerda 1:125-131

Parent taxon: Eopteriidae according to T. M. Sanchez 1986

Sister taxa: Eopteria, Euchasma, Pseudoeuchasma, Wanwanella

Subtaxa: Talacastella herrerai

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Type: Talacastella herrerai

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sierra de Villicum, Cerro la Chilca (Ordovician of Argentina)

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