†family Tironuculidae Babin et al. 1982 (clam)

Bivalvia - Afghanodesmatida - Tironuculidae

Full reference: C. Babin, R. Courtessole, M. Melou, J. Pillet, D. Vizcaino and E. L. Yochelson. 1982. Brachiopodes (Articulés) et mollusques (bivalves, rostroconches, monoplacophores, gastéropodes) de l’Ordovicien inférieur (Trémadocien-Arenigien) de la Montagne Noire (France méridionale) 1-63

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009 and Sánchez 1997

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Natasiinae Tironuculinae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Fennian of France (1 collection)

• Klabava of France (1)

• Arenig of Argentina (1), Bolivia (2), France (2)

• Ordovician of Argentina (3), Bolivia (1), France (3), Morocco (2), Spain (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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