Syntrophopsis (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae

Parent taxon: Syntrophopsinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Altunella, Bobinella, Hesperotrophia, Palaeostrophia, Plectotrophia, Rhysostrophia, Tcharella

Subtaxa: Syntrophopsis obscura

View classification

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (6: California, Nevada, Utah collections)

• Arenigian of United States (1: Nevada)

• Arenig of China (6)

• Canadian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories)

• Ordovician of Australia (2), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), United States (14: Arkansas, Idaho, Missouri, Nevada, Utah)

• Tremadoc of China (1), United States (1: Montana)

• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.