Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Full reference: J. Barrande. 1881. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales 1-342
Parent taxon: Praecardiidae according to J. Kříž 2007
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Cardiolinae, Dexiobiinae, Fentounia, Kralovna, Manulicula, Mucopraeca, Praecardiinae, Praecardium, Pseudocostatoria, Telycardia, Tewoella, Vetupraeca, Neklania
Subtaxa: Buchiola (Buchiola) Buchiola (Megabuchiola)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories and Yukon collections), China (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (1), Germany (10), Poland (1), South Africa (3), Spain (9), United States (7: New York)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 40 collections including 44 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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