†family Eritropidae Cope 2000 (clam)
Bivalvia - Afghanodesmatida - Eritropidae
Parent taxon: Afghanodesmatoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Afghanodesmatidae
Subtaxa: Biseriodonta Eritropis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (5 collections), China (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence