Wimanella Walcott 1908 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Bohemiellidae

Full reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Brachiopoda: descriptions of new genera and species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(3):53-137

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bohemiella, Chilidorthis, Cymbricia, Diraphora, Murrinyinella, Oligomys

Subtaxa: Wimanella highlandensis Wimanella inyoensis Wimanella maladensis Wimanella nautes Wimanella rara Wimanella seges Wimanella shelbyensis Wimanella simplex Wimanella spencei Wimanella tricavata

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Type: Wimanella simplex

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Solvan of Australia (1 collection)

• Delamaran of Canada (2: Alberta, British Columbia), Mexico (1), United States (8: California, Idaho, Montana, Utah)

• Cambrian of Australia (4), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (1), United States (10: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Vermont)

Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences

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