Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Alternative combination: Bransonia hydei
Belongs to Hippocardia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hoare 1990
Sister taxa: Hippocardia alborza, Hippocardia angelicum, Hippocardia bellulus, Hippocardia crenata, Hippocardia cumberlandiae, Hippocardia curta, Hippocardia herculea, Hippocardia herricki, Hippocardia hibernica, Hippocardia hystericum, Hippocardia intersculpta, Hippocardia kermani, Hippocardia konincki, Hippocardia monroica, Hippocardia mundulum, Hippocardia niagarense, Hippocardia obesum, Hippocardia ohioense, Hippocardia ornata, Hippocardia pristis, Hippocardia procumbens, Hippocardia pulchellum, Hippocardia reflexa, Hippocardia rhenana, Hippocardia tournaisense, Hippocardia truncata, Hippocardia ventricosum, Pleurorhynchus longipennis, Pleurorhynchus bellulus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Maxville Stone Co. quarry, west side of Ohio Rte. 668, ~1.1 km N Maxville, which is in a Chesterian/Brigantian carbonate limestone/shale in the Maxville Limestone Formation of Ohio.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Ohio collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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