†family Polytoechiidae Opik 1934 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae

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

See also Popov et al. 2009

Sister taxon: Tritoechiidae

Subtaxa: Acanthotoechia Admixtella Antigonambonites Asymphylotoechia Eremotoechia Martellia Peritritoechia Platytoechia Polytoechia Protambonites Raunites Tritoechia

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (4: Nevada, Utah collections)

• Chazyan of United States (4: Alabama, Tennessee)

• Vaana of Estonia (1)

• Billingen of Estonia (1), Kazakhstan (3), the Russian Federation (10)

• Arenigian of Argentina (4), United States (1: Nevada)

• Arenig of Argentina (8), Canada (1: New Brunswick), China (27), Greenland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Nevada)

• Dawan of China (6)

• Canadian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories), United States (1: Maryland)

• Ordovician of Argentina (6), Australia (13), Canada (12: Alberta, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), China (36), Czechia (4), Estonia (7), Iran (12), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (16), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (78), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (29: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah)

• Ibexian of United States (2: Nevada)

Total: 304 collections including 386 occurrences

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