Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
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
Parent taxon: Bransoniidae according to J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar 1976
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agidelia, Apotocardium, Ashaconcha, Bransonia, Diedrorynchus, Eusphairica, Hoarepora, Kyoconocardium, Pojetaconcha, Pseudoconocardium
Subtaxa: Mulceodens aequicostatus Mulceodens denticulatus Mulceodens eboraceus Mulceodens foxi Mulceodens jaanussoni Mulceodens johnstoni Mulceodens schneideri Mulceodens sibleyense Mulceodens wilsoni
Type: Mulceodens jaanussoni
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), United States (2: Illinois, New York)
• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Indiana, Tennessee)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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