Mesodouvillina Williams 1950 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae

Alternative spelling: Douvillina (Mesodouvillina)

Synonym: Planodouvillina

Parent taxon: Amphistrophiidae according to P. Musteikis and L. R. M. Cocks 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002, Sheehan 1982 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Amphistrophiinae, Eocymostrophia, Mesodouvillinae, Mesodouvillininae

Subtaxa: Mesodouvillina subinterstrialis Mesodouvillina subinterstrialis Mesodouvillina varistriata

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Type: Mesodouvillina subinterstrialis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (2), Belarus (2), Canada (75: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (3), Germany (1), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (2), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (4), Tajikistan (5), Turkey (1), Ukraine (8), United States (30: Alaska, California, Nevada, New York)

• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (1)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Belarus (1), China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (1), United States (1: New York)

Total: 153 collections including 167 occurrences

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