Kiangsiella Chao 1927 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arcitreta, Arctitreta, Bothrostegium, Chelononia, Drahanorhynchus, Notostrophia, Pseudostreptorhynchus, Streptorhynchus, Taimyropsis, Tropidelasma

Subtaxa: Kiangsiella compressa Kiangsiella condoni Kiangsiella deltoidens Kiangsiella distorta Kiangsiella halliana Kiangsiella longinucha Kiangsiella pectiniformis Kiangsiella pinguis Kiangsiella tieliensis Kiangsiella tingi

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Type: Orthotetes tingi

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (13 collections), China (11), India (1), Japan (1), Mongolia (1), Pakistan (116), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (2)

• Carboniferous of Brazil (1)

Total: 148 collections including 159 occurrences

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