Schellwienella inflata White and Whitfield 1862 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Pulsiidae

Alternative combinations: Orthothetes inflatus, Streptorhynchus inflatus

Belongs to Schellwienella according to S. Weller 1914

See also Hall and Clarke 1892, Weller 1901 and White and Whitfield 1862

Sister taxa: Schellwienella alternata, Schellwienella burlingtonensis, Schellwienella chouteauensis, Schellwienella crenistria, Schellwienella crenulicostata, Schellwienella inaequalis, Schellwienella marcidula, Schellwienella planumbona, Schellwienella radialis, Schellwienella regina, Schellwienella rotunda, Schellwienella scotica, Schellwienella senilis, Schellwienella umbonata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (11: California, Iowa, Montana collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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