Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1870. Descriptions of new Carboniferous fossils from the western States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21:137-172
Parent taxon: Clinopisthinae according to J. B. Bailey 2021
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hoare 1961, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Dystactella
Subtaxa: Clinopistha abbreviata Clinopistha curta Clinopistha kasanensis Clinopistha levis Clinopistha truncata
Type: Clinopistha radiata levis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (3: Idaho, Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Iowa, Kansas, New Mexico)
• Devonian of United States (1: Indiana)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Manitoba)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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