†family Bransoniidae Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae

Full reference: J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar. 1976. The paleontology of rostroconch mollusks and the early history of the phylum Mollusca. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 968:1-88

Parent taxon: Hippocardioidea according to A. V. Mazaev 2023

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hoare and Peck 2005 and Pojeta and Runnegar 1976

Sister taxa: Hippocardiidae, Pseudobigaleaidae

Subtaxa: Agidelia Apotocardium Ashaconcha Bransonia Diedrorynchus Eusphairica Hoarepora Kyoconocardium Mulceodens Pojetaconcha Pseudoconocardium

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (24 collections), India (1), New Zealand (5), the Russian Federation (15), United States (4: Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Virgilian of United States (9: Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Desmoinesian of United States (5: Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Westphalian of United States (1: Kentucky)

• Chesterian of United States (3: Illinois, Montana, West Virginia)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (17: Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario), United States (2: Illinois, New York)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (7: Northwest Territories), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: California, Indiana, Tennessee)

• Ordovician of Australia (2), Canada (1: Quebec), Estonia (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Vermont, Virginia)

• Chazy of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (10: New York, Vermont)

Total: 129 collections including 140 occurrences

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