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, Cardiomorphi, Eoastartella, Heterodonta, Heterodonta, Palaeoheterodonta, Parenia, Paullia, Uniomorphi
Subtaxa: Goniophorina Lipanella Paraphtonia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (2 collections), Jordan (3)
• Arenig of Argentina (3), Bolivia (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Bolivia (1), China (2), the Czech Republic (2), Norway (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (2)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (1)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences