Myotreta Goryansky 1969 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Ephippelasmatidae

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

See also Holmer 1986, Holmer 1989 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aipyotreta, Akmolina, Ephippelasma, Ghavidelia, Lurgiticoma, Mamatia, Numericoma, Pomeraniotreta, Rhinotreta, Veliseptum

Subtaxa: Myotreta crassa Myotreta dalecarlica Myotreta estoniana Myotreta goryansky Myotreta orensis

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Type: Myotreta crassa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Uhaku of Sweden (5 collections)

• Volkhov of Estonia (4)

• Ordovician of Estonia (4), Sweden (13)

Total: 26 collections including 28 occurrences

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