Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Full reference: A. G. Cook. 1993. Two bivalves from the Middle Devonian Burdekin formation, north Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33(1):49-53
Belongs to Modiomorpha according to A. G. Cook 1993
Sister taxa: Modiomorpha altiforme, Modiomorpha ambigua, Modiomorpha concentrica, Modiomorpha desiderata, Modiomorpha kallholniense, Modiomorpha lata, Modiomorpha mytiloides, Modiomorpha oblonga, Modiomorpha obtusa, Modiomorpha ostbjorkae, Modiomorpha ovata, Modiomorpha pintoensis, Modiomorpha praecursor, Modiomorpha quadrula
Type specimen: JCUF 11823, a shell. Its type locality is L798. Paynes Lagoon Station, 200m south of Boundary Creek., which is in a Givetian marine siltstone in the Burdekin Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at L798. Paynes Lagoon Station, 200m south of Boundary Creek.
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