Ribeiria taylori Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae

Full reference: J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar. 1976. The paleontology of rostroconch mollusks and the early history of the phylum Mollusca. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 968:1-88

Belongs to Ribeiria according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Pojeta and Runnegar 1976

Sister taxa: Ribeiria apusoides, Ribeiria australiensis, Ribeiria bassleri, Ribeiria calcifera, Ribeiria complanata, Ribeiria compressa, Ribeiria coreanica, Ribeiria csiro, Ribeiria francae, Ribeiria johni, Ribeiria lucan, Ribeiria manchurica, Ribeiria parva, Ribeiria personata, Ribeiria pholadiformis, Ribeiria pojetai, Ribeiria runnegari, Ribeiria spinosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is 470b. Hall farm, one mile northeast of Whitehall, which is in a Sunwaptan shallow subtidal grainstone in the Whitehall Formation of New York.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 470b. Hall farm, one mile northeast of Whitehall

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