Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Alternative combination: Conocardium ohioense
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1871. Descriptions of new species of invertebrate fossils from the Carboniferous and Devonian rocks of Ohio. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23(1):57-88
Belongs to Hippocardia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Fagerstrom 1961, Hall 1885, Hoare 1989, Meek 1871, Whitfield 1882 and Whitfield 1893
Sister taxa: Hippocardia alborza, Hippocardia angelicum, Hippocardia bellulus, Hippocardia crenata, Hippocardia cumberlandiae, Hippocardia curta, Hippocardia herculea, Hippocardia herricki, Hippocardia hibernica, Hippocardia hydei, Hippocardia hystericum, Hippocardia intersculpta, Hippocardia kermani, Hippocardia konincki, Hippocardia monroica, Hippocardia mundulum, Hippocardia niagarense, Hippocardia obesum, Hippocardia ornata, Hippocardia pristis, Hippocardia procumbens, Hippocardia pulchellum, Hippocardia reflexa, Hippocardia rhenana, Hippocardia tournaisense, Hippocardia truncata, Hippocardia ventricosum, Pleurorhynchus bellulus, Pleurorhynchus longipennis
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario collections), United States (2: Indiana, Ohio)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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