Economolopsis anodontoides Meek 1871 (nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Alternative combinations: Nucula anodontoides, Nuculopsis anodontoides

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1871. Lists of Carboniferous fossils from West Virginia, with descriptions of new species. West Virginia University Report to the Board of Regents 3:68-73

Belongs to Economolopsis according to R. D. Hoare et al. 1989

See also Kues 1984, Kues et al. 2002, Meek 1871 and Sayre 1930

Sister taxon: Economolopsis gordoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (30: Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences

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