Reuschella Bancroft 1928 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Harknessellidae

Parent taxon: Harknessellidae according to L. Hints 2012

See also Hints 1975, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1964

Sister taxa: Harknessella, Haymina, Horderleyella, Isabelella, Kampella, Smeathenella

Subtaxa: Reuschella americana Reuschella herreraensis Reuschella horderleyensis Reuschella inexpectata Reuschella magna

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Norway (9 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Belgium (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (6), Ireland (1), Lithuania (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (45), United States (3: Virginia)

Total: 78 collections including 80 occurrences

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