Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Mollusca and correlations from the south-east Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(4-6):129-233
Parent taxon: Bransoniidae according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agidelia, Apotocardium, Ashaconcha, Bransonia, Diedrorynchus, Eusphairica, Hoarepora, Kyoconocardium, Mulceodens, Pseudoconocardium
Subtaxa: Pojetaconcha alabamensis 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: Bransonia cressmani
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (1 collection)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (11: New York, Vermont)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (1: Quebec), Estonia (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia)
• Cambrian of Australia (1)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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