Longvillia Bancroft 1933 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae

Parent taxon: Strophomeninae according to L. R. Cocks 2010

See also Popov et al. 2002, Roomusoks 2004 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Actinomena, Drummuckina, Esilia, Gunnarella, Holtedahlina, Infurca, Leigerina, Ochyromena, Pseudostrophomena, Rhipidomena, Rugomena, Saxbyonia, Semnanostrophia, Strophomena, Tetraphalerella

Subtaxa: Longvillia asmusi Longvillia deficiens Longvillia grandis Longvillia lanx Longvillia mediterranea Longvillia norvegica

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Type: Orthis grandis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Dobrotivian of France (2 collections)

• Ordovician of Estonia (12), France (2), Kazakhstan (2), Latvia (3), Lithuania (2), Norway (5), the United Kingdom (6)

Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence

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