Caneyella peculiaris Girty 1910 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20(3):189-238

Belongs to Caneyella according to J., Jr. Pojeta 1969

See also Girty 1910

Sister taxa: Caneyella richardsoni, Caneyella wapanuckensis

Type specimen: USNM 155911, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM 3651A-C. along south bluff hill. (Carboniferous of Arkansas)

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