Chonetella Waagen 1884 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1884. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 4. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):611-728

Parent taxon: Chonetellinae according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002, Shen et al. 2003 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Chonetella distorta Chonetella nasuta Chonetella putingensis Chonetella semicostata

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Cambodia (1), China (19), Indonesia (2), Nepal (1), Pakistan (80), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (2), Turkey (1)

• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Texas)

• Carboniferous of United States (19: Kansas, Missouri)

Total: 128 collections including 130 occurrences

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