Schizambon Walcott 1884 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Siphonotretida - Siphonotretidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1884. Paleontology of the Eureka district. United States Geological Survey Monograph 8(8):1-298

Parent taxon: Siphonotretidae according to L.E. Popov et al. 2002

See also Raymond 1911, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Acanthambonia, Acanthamboniinae, Alichovia, Celdobolus, Chilcatreta, Cyrbasiotreta, Eosiphonotreta, Helmersenia, Karnotreta, Mesotreta, Multispinula, Nushbiella, Oaxaquiatreta, Orbaspina, Schizamboninae, Siphonobolus, Siphonotreta, Siphonotretella

Subtaxa: Schizambon cuneatus Schizambon duplicimuratum Schizambon typicalis

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Type: Schizambon typicalis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Quebec collections), Sweden (3), United States (23: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia)

• Chazy of United States (4: Alabama, New York)

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada)

• Arenig of United States (2: Nevada)

• Cambrian of France (1), Kazakhstan (2), United States (2: Montana, Utah)

Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence

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