†family Lipanellidae Sánchez 2005 (clam)

Bivalvia - Heteroconchia - Lipanellidae

Full reference: T. M. Sánchez. 2005. New Bivalvia and Rostroconchia from the Early Ordovician (Late Tremadoc - Middle Arenig) of northwestern Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 79(3):532-541

Parent taxon: Heteroconchia according to Z.-j. Fang and T. M. Sanchez 2012

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011 and Sánchez 2005

Sister taxa: Archiheterodonta, Eoastartella, Euheterodonta, Heterodonta, Heterodonta, Palaeoheterodonta, Parenia

Subtaxa: Goniophorina Lipanella Paraphtonia

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Czechia (2 collections), Jordan (3)

• Arenig of Argentina (3), Bolivia (1)

• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Bolivia (1), China (2), Czechia (2), Norway (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences

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