†family Colpomyidae Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 (clam)
Bivalvia - Colpomyida - Colpomyidae
Full reference: J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64
Parent taxon: Colpomyoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 and Sánchez 2001
Sister taxon: Evyanidae
Subtaxa: Colpantyx Eurymya Pseudocolpomya Xestoconcha
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (13 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio)
Total: 27 collections including 37 occurrences