†subfamily Lepidocyclinae Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae

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

See also Amsden 1983

Sister taxa: Rhynchotrematinae, Stegerhynchella

Subtaxa: Hypsiptycha Lepidocyclus Rhytidorhachis

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Type: Lepidocyclus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Italy (2 collections)

• Silurian of Canada (7: Nunavut, Ontario), the Czech Republic (1), United States (1: Indiana)

• Ordovician to Silurian of United States (2: California)

• Ordovician of Australia (3), Canada (50: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (86: California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Total: 157 collections including 181 occurrences

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