Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Parent taxon: Leptestiidae according to A. A. Madison 2017
See also Cooper 1956, Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Bekella, Isophragmatinae, Isopiiragmatinae, Leangella, Leptestia, Leptestiina, Rurambonites, Sampo, Sortanella
Subtaxa: Bilobia alichovae Bilobia etheridgei Bilobia musca Bilobia pisum Bilobia rosendahli Bilobia virginiensis Bilobia yichangensis
Type: Bilobia hemisphaerica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Belarus (1 collection), China (5), Estonia (9), Latvia (2), Lithuania (2), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (9), United States (14: Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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