Clitambonites Pander 1830 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae

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

See also Alikhova 1953, Opik 1934, Raymond 1911 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Clitambonites (Hemipronites) Clitambonites adscendens Clitambonites anomalus Clitambonites maximus Clitambonites schmidti Clitambonites squamatus

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Type: Clitambonites adscendens

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Uhaku of Estonia (1 collection)

• Valaste of Estonia (1)

• Arenig of Argentina (1)

• Dawan of China (1)

• Ordovician of Australia (1), Belarus (2), China (4), Estonia (26), Norway (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (29), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 69 collections including 79 occurrences

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