†family Nisusiidae Walcott and Schuchert 1908 (lamp shell)

Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Nisusiidae

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

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Bellistrophia Eoconcha Khasagtina Narynella Nisusia Trematosia

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Type: Nisusia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (2), Canada (26: British Columbia), China (4), France (1), Israel (7), Kazakhstan (2), Kyrgyzstan (2), Mexico (2), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (6), United States (34: Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Virginia)

• Solvan of Australia (1), Kazakhstan (2), United States (1: Alaska)

• Amgan of Iran (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Caerfai of Jordan (5)

Total: 101 collections including 110 occurrences

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