Schizotreta Kutorga 1848 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Parent taxon: Discinidae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011

See also Holmer 1986, Holmer 1989, Mitchell 1977, Popov 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000, Wright 1963 and Zhan and Jin 2005

Sister taxa: Acrosaccus, Chynithele, Discradisca, Gigadiscina, Opatrilkiella, Orbiculoidea, Orbiculoideinae, Roemerella

Subtaxa: Schizotreta concava Schizotreta corrugata Schizotreta elliptica Schizotreta marginalis Schizotreta medioradiata

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Type: Orbicula elliptica

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (1: Yukon Territory), Morocco (1)

• Silurian of Australia (4), Belarus (1), Canada (2: Ontario), the Czech Republic (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (4: Illinois, New York)

• Ordovician of Australia (5), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (10), Iran (1), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (4), Norway (13), Spain (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (22), United States (2: New York, Virginia)

• Chazy of United States (1: Alabama)

• Castlemainian of Ireland (1)

• Arenig of the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 94 collections including 97 occurrences

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