†family Trematidae Schuchert 1893 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Trematidae

Parent taxon: Discinoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Holmer 1989, Popov 2000 and Wright 1963

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Drabodiscina Schizobolus Schizocrania Trematis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Indiana collection)

• Devonian of United States (5: New York)

• Silurian of Canada (3: Québec), the United Kingdom (5)

• Dobrotivian of Portugal (2), Spain (2)

• Uhaku of Sweden (1)

• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)

• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec), South Africa (1)

• Ordovician of Bolivia (1), Canada (7: Ontario), the Czech Republic (4), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (5), Norway (2), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (56), United States (56: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Tennessee)

Total: 159 collections including 170 occurrences

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