{"id":4249,"date":"2014-01-06T14:44:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T19:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4249"},"modified":"2016-09-28T21:26:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T01:26:17","slug":"orthodesma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/orthodesma\/","title":{"rendered":"Orthodesma<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Mollusca<\/a>
\nClass: Bivalvia<\/a>
\nOrder: Modiomorphida<\/a>
\nFamily: Modiomorphidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Orthodesma<\/em> Hall & Whitfield, 1875<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nMiddle Ordovician – Late Ordovician<\/p>\n

Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
\nOrthodesma<\/em> is an extinct genus of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n

Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • Considered to have burrowing and non burrowing forms<\/li>\n
  • Have a general soleniform shell shape<\/li>\n
  • Radial ornamentation lacking<\/li>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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