Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Alternative combinations: Diaphragmus elegans, Productus elegans
Synonyms: Productus cestriensis Worthen 1860, Productus flexistria Norwood and Pratten 1855
Belongs to Echinoconchus according to V. I. Ustritsky and G. E. Chernyak 1963
See also Keidel 1906, Mansuy 1913, Sutton 1938 and Weller 1914
Sister taxa: Echinoconchus alternatus, Echinoconchus angustus, Echinoconchus biseriatus, Echinoconchus defensus, Echinoconchus genevievensis, Echinoconchus macalaensis, Echinoconchus mapingensis, Echinoconchus pelliceus, Echinoconchus punctatus, Echinoconchus rodeoensis, Echinoconchus subsulcatus, Echinoconchus taimyrensis, Echinoconchus zapoteco
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Austria (1 collection), China (2)
• Carboniferous of China (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (25: Arizona, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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