Sokolskya (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Parent taxon: Rugosochonetinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alatochonetes, Arctochonetes, Chaohochonetes, Chonetinella, Fusichonetes, Isochonetes, Jakutochonetes, Kanokurachonetes, Komukia, Linshuichonetes, Nisalarinia, Paramesolobus, Pygmochonetes, Rugosochonetes, Schistochonetes

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC 56430, Stepanow Creek, Hare Fiord, Ellesmere Island (Carboniferous of Nunavut)

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