Glyptias Walcott 1901 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Botsfordiidae

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

See also Bengtson 1992 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bomina, Botsfordia, Curdus, Diandongia, Edreja, Karathele, Minlatonia, Neobolus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Glyptias in the database

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