†subfamily Howellellinae Johnson and Hou 1994 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae

Parent taxon: Delthyrididae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Delthyridinae, Kozlowskiellininae

Subtaxa: Acanthospirifer Aldanispirifer Howellella Howelloidea Orientospirifer Pseudokymatothyris Qiansispirifer Quiringites Rufispirifer

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Type: Howellella

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), Argentina (1), Australia (40), Austria (2), Belarus (2), Canada (63: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (44), the Czech Republic (10), France (22), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (4), Morocco (4), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (18), Spain (4), Ukraine (11), United States (49: Alaska, California, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania), Vietnam (9)

• Jaani of Estonia (6), Lithuania (3)

• Niagaran of Canada (3: Québec)

• Silurian to Devonian of Algeria (1), Australia (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Silurian of Argentina (1), Australia (11), Belarus (3), Canada (73: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (31), the Czech Republic (4), Estonia (21), Ireland (2), Jordan (2), Latvia (1), Lithuania (27), Mexico (3), Mongolia (6), Morocco (1), Norway (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (11), Spain (2), Sweden (26), Ukraine (10), the United Kingdom (54), United States (75: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan and Ohio, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin), Venezuela (2)

Total: 674 collections including 755 occurrences

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