Orthothrix Geinitz 1847 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

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

See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arcticalosia, Costalosiella, Crossalosia, Dasyalosia, Guadalupelosia, Hontorialosia, Wyndhamia

Subtaxa: Orthothrix excavata Orthothrix sudoi

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Germany (1 collection), Japan (4), Lithuania (4), Pakistan (7), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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