Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Alternative combinations: Costiferina arctica, Dictyoclostus arcticus, Grandaurispina arctica, Kutorginella arctica, Productus arctica, Productus arcticus, Thuleproductus arcticus
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1908. Notes and observations on Carboniferous fossils and semifossil shells brought home by members of the Peary expedition of 1905-1906. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(2):51-58
Belongs to Thamnosia according to L. Angiolini and S. L. Long 2008
See also Bamber and Waterhouse 1971, Brabb and Grant 1971, Coogan 1960, Kalashnikov 1993, Kashirtsev 1959, Sarycheva 1977, Sarycheva and Waterhouse 1972, Stehli and Grant 1971, Wardlaw 1977, Whitfield 1908 and Yochelson 1966
Sister taxa: Thamnosia anterospinosa, Thamnosia capitanensis, Thamnosia depressa, Thamnosia longlinensis, Thamnosia mutabilis, Thamnosia nakadairensis, Thamnosia parvispinosa, Thamnosia phragmophora, Thamnosia silicica, Thamnosia spinosa, Thuleproductus crassauritus, Thuleproductus subarcticus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Permian marine limestone in Canada
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (17: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon collections), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (7), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (13), United States (22: Alaska, California, Texas, Utah)
Total: 60 collections each including a single occurrence
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