†family Dualinidae Conrath 1887 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Dualinidae

Synonym: Silurinidae Neumayr 1891

Parent taxon: Dualinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Praelucinidae, Spanilidae, Stolidotidae

Subtaxa: Dualininae Loxopteriinae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bergisches Land (Rhenish Massif), Germany; Knoppenbiessen-beds (Devonian of Germany)

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