†superfamily Atrypacea Gill 1871 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida

Parent taxon: Atrypidina according to W. I. Mitchell 1977

See also Boucot and Johnson 1964 and Oraspold 1956

Sister taxa: Atrypoidea, Daylacea, Punctatrypoidea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (4 collections), Australia (2), China (2), the United Kingdom (1)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: New Brunswick)

• Ordovician of China (1), United States (1: Kentucky)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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