Ishimia Nikitin 1974 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae

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

See also Percival et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Apatomorpha, Glyptambonites, Goniotrema, Lepidomena, Nikitinamena, Onegia, Palaeostrophomena, Titanambonites, Toquimia, Ujukites

Subtaxa: Ishimia inflata Ishimia ishimensis Ishimia subdeltoidea

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Type: Ishimia ishimensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (1 collection), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (3), Myanmar (4)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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