†family Thoraliidae Morris 1980 (clam)

Bivalvia - Uniomorphi - Thoraliidae

Full reference: N. J. Morris. 1980. A new Lower Ordovician bivalve family, the Thoraliidae (? Nuculoida), interpreted as actinodont deposit feeders. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History (Geology Series) 34:265-272

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Morris 1980 and Nevesskaja 2009

Sister taxon: Unioni

Subtaxa: Thoralia

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Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Fennian of France (1 collection)

• Arenig of France (2)

• Ordovician of France (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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