Eopteria aiteneria Popov et al. 2003 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae

Full reference: L. E. Popov, J. C. W. Cope, and I.F. Nikitin. 2003. A new Ordovician rostroconch mollusc from Kazakhstan. Alcheringa 27(3):173-179

Belongs to Eopteria according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Popov et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Eopteria agustini, Eopteria alta, Eopteria asiatica, Eopteria conocardiformis, Eopteria crassa, Eopteria flora, Eopteria ornata, Eopteria richardsoni, Eopteria struszi, Eopteria trilobita, Eopteria ventricosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 1017, eastern outskirts of Aiten village, which is in a Cautleyan carbonate limestone in the Angrensor Formation of Kazakhstan

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 1017, eastern outskirts of Aiten village

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