Orthidium Hall and Clarke 1892 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidiellidae

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

See also Raymond 1911 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eostrophomena, Orthidiella, Portranella, Trematorthis, Tuvinia

Subtaxa: Orthidium barnesi Orthidium bellulum Orthidium gemmiculum Orthidium lamellosa Orthidium lamellosum Orthidium prominens

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (14: New York, Vermont collections)

• Whiterockian of United States (4: Nevada)

• Arenig of Argentina (3)

• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Estonia (1), Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Nevada, Tennessee)

• Tremadoc of Argentina (3)

Total: 35 collections including 39 occurrences

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