†family Chondrodontidae Freneix 1959 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Chondrodontidae

Synonym: Lamellotidae Horvath 1966

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxon: Plicatulidae

Subtaxa: Chondrodonta Lamellotis

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Type: Chondrodonta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (40 collections), Ethiopia (1), Guatemala (1), Hungary (1), Italy (13), Mexico (4), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1), United States (8: Arizona, Texas), Yemen (1)

Total: 72 collections including 75 occurrences

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