Avonia (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Alternative spelling: Productus (Avonia)

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

See also Brunton and Champion 1974, Reed 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Sutton 1938

Sister taxa: Barunkhuraya, Lazarevonia, Onavia, Quasiavonia

Subtaxa: Avonia adaucta Avonia aspereta Avonia gaominensis Avonia honeycreekensis Avonia incrassata Avonia indianensis Avonia jalaidensis Avonia laevicula Avonia longitubercula Avonia millespinosa Avonia moorefieldana Avonia newarkensis Avonia oklahomensis Avonia orbiculata Avonia phanera Avonia pustulifera Avonia semicostata Avonia subtuberculata Avonia tareiaensis Avonia uklukayensis Avonia williamsana Productus (Avonia) interruptocostatus

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (4), Iran (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (37: Texas)

• Mississippian of United States (2: Alaska, Arizona)

• Carboniferous of Canada (14: Alberta), China (4), Germany (1), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (21), United States (24: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Germany (3)

Total: 117 collections including 146 occurrences

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