†Fraipontia alatum de Koninck 1885 (mollusk)
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Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Alternative combination: Conocardium alatum
Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1885. Faune du calcaire carbonifère de la Belgique. Lamellibranches. Musée Royale d'Historie Naturelle Belgique Annales, Série Paléontoloque 10:1-283
Belongs to Fraipontia according to N. S. Rogalla and M.R.W. Amler 2006
See also Branson 1958, de Koninck 1885 and Hind 1900
Sister taxa: Fraipontia bella, Fraipontia nodulosa
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Law Quarry near Dalry (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
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