Mimatrypa (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Karpinskiidae

Alternative spelling: Minatrypa

Synonyms: Megaplectatrypa, Toquimaella Johnson 1967

Parent taxon: Karpinskiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Johnson 1967, Pershina and Tsyganko 1980 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Crassatrypa, Eokarpinskia, Karpinskia, Neokarpinskia

Subtaxa: Toquimaella kayi

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon collections), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (7), the Russian Federation (2), United States (6: Nevada)

Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences

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