Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1873. Descriptions of invertebrates from the Carboniferous System. Illinois Geological Survey 5(2):321-619
Belongs to Edmondia according to R. D. Hoare 1961
See also Girty 1915, Meek 1874, Meek and Worthen 1873 and Morningstar 1922
Sister taxa: Edmondia acutangula, Edmondia anodontoides, Edmondia aspenwallensis, Edmondia aspinwallensis, Edmondia athenae, Edmondia bellula, Edmondia circularis, Edmondia crassa, Edmondia dubia, Edmondia elongata, Edmondia equilateralis, Edmondia filigrana, Edmondia gibbosa, Edmondia glabra, Edmondia grandis, Edmondia guembeli, Edmondia hamlingii, Edmondia hautmanni, Edmondia hudsoni, Edmondia isocosmica, Edmondia medon, Edmondia meekiana, Edmondia multilamellosa, Edmondia nebrascensis, Edmondia netschajewi, Edmondia nodulifera, Edmondia omolonica, Edmondia phosphatica, Edmondia pinonensis, Edmondia pitkinensis, Edmondia prichardi, Edmondia radiata, Edmondia rotunda, Edmondia rudis, Edmondia soleniformis, Edmondia suborbiculata, Edmondia suborbiculata, Edmondia sulcata, Edmondia tiesseni, Edmondia unioniformis, Edmondia vetusta, Edmondia yachihoensis, Broeckia primula
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Mexico (10 collections), United States (16: Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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