Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae
Full reference: J. Pojeta, J. Gilbert-Tomlinson, and J.H. Shergold. 1977. Cambrian and Ordovician rostroconch molluscs from Northern Australia. Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 171:1-54
Belongs to Euchasma according to A. G. Cook and N. Camilleri 2001
See also Pojeta et al. 1977
Sister taxa: Euchasma blumenbachi, Euchasma colliveri, Euchasma eopteriformis, Euchasma jonesi, Euchasma multistriata, Euchasma mytiliforme, Euchasma swarkoi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 24. B 251. Hills south of Signal Hill, 3.2 kilometers south of Bore 34, which is in a Datsonian carbonate limestone in the Ninmaroo Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (3 collections)
• Cambrian of Australia (9)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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