Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Belongs to Orthothetina according to M. Viaretti et al. 2021
See also Angiolini and Carabelli 2010, Garbelli and Angiolini 2014, Ghaderi et al. 2015 and Sokolskaja 1965
Sister taxa: Orthothetina azarjani, Orthothetina caojiayingensis, Orthothetina convergens, Orthothetina curvata, Orthothetina deminuta, Orthothetina dzhulfensis, Orthothetina ellipsoides, Orthothetina elongata, Orthothetina emaciatus, Orthothetina eusarkos, Orthothetina frechi, Orthothetina gigantea, Orthothetina hayasakai, Orthothetina iljinae, Orthothetina kayseri, Orthothetina ladina, Orthothetina leei, Orthothetina mianzhuensis, Orthothetina neilsoni, Orthothetina peregrina, Orthothetina planoconvexa, Orthothetina polita, Orthothetina regularis, Orthothetina ruber, Orthothetina ruchae, Orthothetina shuangtangensis, Orthothetina sokolskajae, Orthothetina thomasi, Orthothetina transversa, Orthothetina triangularis, Orthothetina vediensis, Orthothetina yanziyanensis, Orthothetina yishanensis, Orthothetina yuananensis, Orthothetina zhejiangensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (1), Iran (20)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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