Idiospira (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Webbyspira

Subtaxa: Idiospira carrickensis Idiospira cuneatella Idiospira longa Idiospira sulcata Idiospira thomsoni

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Norway (10 collections), the Russian Federation (1)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Norway (1)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Québec), China (3), the United Kingdom (9), United States (4: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York)

Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences

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