†family Mecynodontidae Haffer 1959 (clam)

Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Mecynodontidae

Parent taxon: Mecynodontoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Beichuaniidae, Congeriomorphidae, Plethocardiidae, Prosocoelidae

Subtaxa: Ganxiella Mecynodon

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of China (2 collections), Germany (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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