†family Monopteriidae Newell 1969 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Monopteriidae

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

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

Sister taxa: Ambonychiidae, Lunulacardiidae, Myalinidae, Mysidiellidae, Ramonalinidae

Subtaxa: Monopteria

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Type: Monopteria

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (7: Illinois, Kansas, Missouri collections)

Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences

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