Mabella Klenina 1984 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae

Alternative spelling: Leptellina (Mabella)

Synonym: Wiradjuriella Percival 1991

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

See also Popov et al. 2002, Popov and Cocks 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhan et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Acculina, Bekkerella, Benignites, Dulankarella, Kajnaria, Kilbuchomena, Leptastichidia, Leptellina, Leptelloidea, Reversella, Shlyginia

Subtaxa: Mabella conferta Mabella halis Mabella semiovalis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (14 collections), China (1), Kazakhstan (18), Kyrgyzstan (2)

Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence

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