†superfamily Athyridacea M'Coy 1884 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida

Parent taxon: Athyrididina according to W. I. Mitchell 1977

See also Boucot and Johnson 1964, Brunton and Champion 1974, Isaacson et al. 1976, Rubel and Modzalevskaya 1967 and Savage et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Apheathyris, Athyridioidea, Athyridoidea, Athyridoidea, Meristelloidea, Nucleospiroidea, Retzielloidea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (3 collections), China (6), Thailand (1), United States (2: New York)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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