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: Buchiola, Cardiolinae, Dexiobiinae, Fentounia, Kralovna, Manulicula, Mucopraeca, Praecardiinae, Pseudocostatoria, Telycardia, Tewoella, Vetupraeca, Neklania
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Brazil (1 collection), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (1), Germany (1), United States (7: New York)
• Jaani of Estonia (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Italy (1)
• Silurian of Austria (1), China (3), the Czech Republic (10), Italy (1), Morocco (1), Poland (2)
Total: 31 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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