†subfamily Camerellinae Hall and Clarke 1894 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae

Parent taxon: Camerellidae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Mitchell 1977, Popov et al. 2005 and Williams et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Ilistrophina, Stenocamarinae

Subtaxa: Bleshidium Brevicamera Camerella Idiostrophia Karakulina Kokomerena Liricamera Llanoella Neostrophia Perimecocoelia Plectocamara Plectosyntrophia Psilocamerella Rhynchocamara Tuloja Xizangostrophia

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), United States (4: Nevada)

• Silurian of Austria (1), Canada (1: Ontario), the Czech Republic (25), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, Wisconsin)

• Whiterockian of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Quebec), United States (8: Nevada)

• Chazyan of Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Quebec), United States (38: Alabama, New York, Tennessee, Virginia)

• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (3)

• Hunderum of the Russian Federation (1)

• Arenig of Argentina (1), Bolivia (1), China (2)

• Arenigian of Argentina (3), the Russian Federation (1)

• Ordovician of Argentina (3), Belarus (1), Canada (8: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), China (15), Estonia (2), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (6), Lithuania (4), Norway (8), the Russian Federation (13), the United Kingdom (8), United States (49: Alaska, California, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia)

Total: 239 collections including 270 occurrences

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