Cucullopsis Chao 1927 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Parent taxon: Parallelodontidae according to Chao 1927

See also Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Alytodonta, Bapristodia, Cosmetodon, Cucullaria, Grammatodontinae, Kamenevus, Macrodontella, Parallelodontinae, Pleurogrammatodon, Porterius, Spitionella

Subtaxa: Cucullopsis quadrata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lincheng Coal Field (Carboniferous of China)

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