Tornquistia Paeckelmann 1930 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae

Synonyms: Chonetes (Paeckelmannia), Paeckelmannia

Parent taxon: Anopliinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Reed 1944 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adatsagochonetes, Anoplia, Anopliella, Anopliopsis, Chonetina, Cyrtoniscus, Demonedys, Gatia, Glabrichonetina, Kaninochonetes, Yagonia, Neotornquistia, Parvichonetes, Tschernovia

Subtaxa: Paeckelmannia praecapitolina Tornquistia ambiensis Tornquistia changhsingia Tornquistia foraminosa Tornquistia forbesi Tornquistia gibbera Tornquistia gregoryi Tornquistia khinlopensis Tornquistia kolymensis Tornquistia magna Tornquistia occidentalis Tornquistia orthogona Tornquistia pseudobrama Tornquistia subpolita Tornquistia subquadratus Tornquistia transversalis Tornquistia tricorporum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (15 collections), Canada (2: Yukon), China (2), Pakistan (5), the Russian Federation (18), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (11), Thailand (3), United States (1: Oregon)

• Namurian of Thailand (1)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), the Czech Republic (2), Ireland (2), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (3: Texas)

• Ordovician of Ireland (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 81 collections including 84 occurrences

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