†superfamily Glyptarcoidea Cope 1996 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida

Full reference: J. C. W. Cope. 1996. Early Ordovician (Arenig) bivalves from the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales. Palaeontology 39(4):979-1026

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cope 1996, Fang 2006 and Nevesskaja 2009

Sister taxa: Antoneila, Arcoidea, Austracuculiaea, Ekaterdonta, Glycymeridoidea, Glycymeroidea, Limopsoidea, Okinawanoarca, Pentoperna, Philobryoidea, Pitchleria

Subtaxa: Glyptarcidae Pucamyidae

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Type: Glyptarcidae

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Dobrotivian of France (1 collection), Morocco (2), Portugal (8), Spain (5)

• Whitlandian of the United Kingdom (3)

• Arenig of Bolivia (1)

• Ordovician of Argentina (3), China (16), Ireland (1), Spain (9), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 52 collections including 62 occurrences

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