Pojetaconcha alabamensis Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae

Alternative combination: Bransonia alabamensis

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 Pojetaconcha according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Pojeta and Runnegar 1976

Sister taxa: Pojetaconcha antiquata, Pojetaconcha beecheri, Pojetaconcha chapronierei, Pojetaconcha costulata, Pojetaconcha cressmani, Pojetaconcha davidis, Pojetaconcha limatula, Pojetaconcha oweni, Pojetaconcha paquettensis, Pojetaconcha praepristis, Pojetaconcha pygmaea, Pojetaconcha townleyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is 1.75 miles northeast of New Hope Church, north of Pelham, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Little Oak Formation of Alabama

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 1.75 miles northeast of New Hope Church, north of Pelham

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