Visbyella Walmsley et al. 1968 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Parent taxon: Resserellinae according to M. Rubel 2011

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Dedzetina, Fascicostella, Fascizetina, Karlicium, Molongella, Parmorthina, Resserella, Zlichopyramis

Subtaxa: Visbyella concavoconvexa Visbyella pygmae Visbyella visbyensis

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Type: Orthis visbyensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jaani of Estonia (9 collections), Lithuania (1)

• Silurian of Belarus (1), Canada (27: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (10), Lithuania (8), Sweden (3), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (25)

Total: 87 collections each including a single occurrence

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