Conocardium spinalatum Rowley 1900 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae

Full reference: R. R. Rowley. 1900. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Devonian and Subcarboniferous rocks of Missouri. American Geologist 25(5):261-273

Belongs to Conocardium according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Branson 1958 and Rowley 1900

Sister taxa: Conocardium (Conocardium), Conocardium acadianum, Conocardium aliforme, Conocardium altum, Conocardium aquisgranense, Conocardium armatum, Conocardium clipeoforme, Conocardium cresswelli, Conocardium decussatum, Conocardium denticulatum, Conocardium elongatum, Conocardium eximum, Conocardium ferox, Conocardium formosum, Conocardium frater, Conocardium fusiforme, Conocardium gogoensis, Conocardium gympiense, Conocardium immatura, Conocardium incarceratum, Conocardium inceptum, Conocardium inflatum, Conocardium longipennis, Conocardium lyelli, Conocardium nevadensis, Conocardium nexile, Conocardium oehlerti, Conocardium philipsii, Conocardium plinthinatus, Conocardium prunum, Conocardium pseudobellum, Conocardium regulare, Conocardium renardi, Conocardium retusum, Conocardium richmondense, Conocardium rouxi, Conocardium securiforme, Conocardium sowerbyi, Conocardium superstes, Conocardium tripartitum, Conocardium truncata, Conocardium uralicum, Conocardium ventriculosum, Conocardium villmarense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Burlington Limestone, White Chert Beds, which is in a Tournaisian deep subtidal limestone/chert in the Burlington Formation of Missouri

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Burlington Limestone, White Chert Beds

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