†family Elythidae Fredericks 1924 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Parent taxon: Reticularioidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Shen et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Reticulariidae, Thomasariidae, Xenomartiniidae

Subtaxa: Anomaloriinae Elythinae Martinothyridinae Phricodothyridinae Squamularia Toryniferinae

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Type: Elita

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (3 collections), Armenia (9), Australia (40), Austria (2), Azerbaijan (18), Bolivia (26), Cambodia (2), Canada (13: British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (269), Croatia (2), East Timor (1), Greece (1), India (2), Indonesia (3), Iran (70), Italy (9), Japan (16), Laos (1), Malaysia (10), Mongolia (3), Myanmar (4), Nepal (11), New Zealand (2), Oman (6), Pakistan (72), Peru (4), the Russian Federation (43), Slovenia (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tajikistan (2), Thailand (24), Tunisia (26), Turkey (17), Ukraine (6), United States (308: Alaska, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah), Venezuela (3)

• Namurian of Argentina (1), Australia (2)

• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1)

• Carboniferous of Australia (54), Bolivia (4), Brazil (1), Canada (26: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (8), Ireland (3), Libya (2), Malaysia (1), Mexico (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (22), United States (289: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa/Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, California, Wyoming)

• Givetian of United States (1: Missouri)

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Canada (10: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (3), Colombia (20), Germany (7), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (176: Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin), Venezuela (2)

• Silurian to Devonian of Pakistan (1)

Total: 1677 collections including 1981 occurrences

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