†family Ceratretidae Rowell 1965 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Ceratretidae

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

See also Holmer and Popov 1990 and Puura and Holmer 1993

Sister taxa: Acrothyra, Acrotretidae, Craniotreta, Curticiidae, Eoconulidae, Ephippelasmatidae, Hadrotreta, Scaphelasmatidae, Schizotretoides, Torynelasmatidae, Acrotetidae

Subtaxa: Almohadella Bozshakolia Ceratreta Ephippelasmatinae Keyserlingia Kleithriatreta

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Estonia (1 collection), Ireland (1), Sweden (1)

• Cambrian to Ordovician of Estonia (11)

• Cambrian of Canada (2: British Columbia), Estonia (17), Finland (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (5), United States (1: Montana)

• Amgan of the Russian Federation (1)

• Solvan of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (1), Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 47 collections each including a single occurrence

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