Rhynchotreta Hall 1879 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

Synonym: Bailongjiangella

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

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Rubel and Rozman 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Hostimex, Thebesia, Virginiata

Subtaxa: Rhynchotreta americana Rhynchotreta americaniformis Rhynchotreta ardmillanensis Rhynchotreta cuneata Rhynchotreta gracilis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (1: Montana)

• Devonian of United States (2: West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania)

• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)

• Jaani of Estonia (5)

• Niagaran of United States (1: Ohio)

• Silurian to Devonian of Mauritania (1)

• Silurian of Canada (18: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (2), the Czech Republic (5), Ireland (1), Lithuania (6), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (18), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (12), United States (69: California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Tennessee, Wisconsin)

Total: 151 collections including 152 occurrences

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