Skenidium (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae

Alternative spelling: Scenidium

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

See also Reed 1917 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Crossiskenidium, Protoskenidioides, Replicoskenidioides, Skenidioides, Tropidothyris

Subtaxa: Scenidium lewisi Skenidium lewisii

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Givetian of France (5 collections)

• Devonian of Ukraine (1), United States (7: Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Tennessee)

• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Silurian of United States (10: New York)

• Ordovician of United States (1: Tennessee)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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