Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Alternative combination: Whitella compressa
Belongs to Cyrtodontula according to H. Soot-Ryen and T. Soot-Ryen 1960
Sister taxa: Cyrtodontula complanata, Cyrtodontula delacarlica, Cyrtodontula dubia, Cyrtodontula hadzeli, Cyrtodontula obliquata, Cyrtodontula sohli, Cyrtodontula subtruncata, Cyrtodontula truncata, Cyrtodontula ventricosa, Whitella goniumbonata, Whitella radiata, Whitella hindi, Whitella torontoensis, Whitella sterlingensis, Whitella lata, Whitella plebia, Whitella securiformis, Whitella sigmoidea, Whitella acutiumbonis, Whitella parksi, Whitella impressata, Whitella huguesensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario collection), Norway (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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