†Orbithele Sdzuy 1955 (lamp shell)
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Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Parent taxon: Acrothelinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Puura and Holmer 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acrothele, Schizopholis, Spinulothele
Subtaxa: Orbithele undulosa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Klabava of the Czech Republic (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Sweden (2)
• Tremadoc of the Czech Republic (3), Iran (1), Norway (1), Poland (1)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), France (1), Greenland (2)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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