Prosocoelus (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Synonym: Prosocoelodon Karczewski 1992

Parent taxon: Opinae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Coelopis, Heteropis, Opis, Opisoma, Seebachia, Trigonastarte, Trigonopis

Subtaxa: Prosocoelus (Prosocoelogeton) Prosocoelus (Tripleura)

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), Luxembourg (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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