Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare, M. J., I.I.I. Heaney, and R. H. Mapes. 1989. Bivalves (Mollusca) from the Imo Formation (Mississippian, Chesterian) of North-Central Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology 63(5):582-603
Belongs to Economolopsis according to R. D. Hoare et al. 1989
Sister taxon: Economolopsis anodontoides
Type specimen: Its type locality is Loc. 1. USGS 14369. Road cut on se side US 65, 0.8 km sw of Peyton Creek Bridge, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore grainstone/shale in the Imo Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Arkansas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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