†family Camerellidae Hall and Clarke 1894 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae

Alternative spelling: Camarellidae

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

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Benedetto 2003, Mitchell 1977, Oraspold 1956, Popov et al. 2002, Popov et al. 2005, Rõõmusoks 1964, Rubel 1961 and Williams et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Parallelasmatidae, Parallelelasmatidae, Parastrophinidae

Subtaxa: Camerellinae Ilistrophina Stenocamarinae

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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 (9: 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), Norway (1)

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

• Ordovician of Argentina (3), Belarus (1), Canada (8: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), China (16), Estonia (4), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (7), 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: 245 collections including 276 occurrences

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