Cassowarioides whitei Rogalla and Amler 2006 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae

Full reference: N. S. Rogalla and M. R. W. Amler. 2006. Revision der Familie Pseudobigaleaidae Hoare, Mapes & Yancey, 2002 (Mollusca; Rostroconchia). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80(2):167-208

Belongs to Cassowarioides according to N. S. Rogalla and M. R. W. Amler 2006

Sister taxa: Cassowarioides anisomorpha, Cassowarioides perryi, Cassowarioides polgari

Type specimen: YPM 186043. Its type locality is Loc. B1895. Indian Ladder, Thatcher's State Park, new New Salem, which is in a Lochkovian carbonate carbonate in the Manlius Limestone Formation of New York.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loc. B1895. Indian Ladder, Thatcher's State Park, new New Salem

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