†Brochocarina (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Parent taxon: Orthotetidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also McIntosh 1974 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Apsocalymma, Derbyoides, Hipparionyx, Orthotetes, Tapajotia, Werriea
Subtaxa: Brochocarina trearnensis Brochocarina wexfordensis
Type: Brochocarina wexfordensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Southwestern Tarim Basin, Aitegou Section, Heshilafu Formation, Vbr Zone (Carboniferous of China)
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