Atelelasma Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae

Parent taxon: Clitambonitidae according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017

See also Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Apomatella, Atelelasmatinae, Clinambon, Clitambonites, Clitambonitinae, Fistulogonites, Hemipronites, Ilmarinia, Lacunarites, Pahlenella, Palaeoneumania, Starnikoviella, Vellamo

Subtaxa: Atelelasma decorticatum Atelelasma dorsoconvexum Atelelasma longisulcum Atelelasma multicosta Atelelasma perfectum Atelelasma primotica Atelelasma subdorsoconvexum

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Type: Atelelasma perfectum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (4: Nevada collections)

• Chazyan of Canada (2: Quebec), United States (12: New York, Tennessee, Virginia)

• Ordovician of Ireland (2), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (11), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence

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