Richthofenia (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Richthofeniidae

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

See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Coscinarina, Globosobucina, Linnaeocaninella, Richthofeniinae, Seseloidia, Striirichthofenia

Subtaxa: Richthofenia anshunensis Richthofenia caucasica Richthofenia elegans Richthofenia guangdeensis Richthofenia lawrenciana Richthofenia orientalis Richthofenia sinensis Richthofenia tilita Richthofenia ussurica

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Type: Anomia lawrenciana

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (9 collections), Azerbaijan (3), Cambodia (2), China (18), Iran (3), Japan (1), Pakistan (84), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Carboniferous of China (1)

Total: 130 collections including 140 occurrences

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