Linnarssonia Walcott 1885 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae

Synonym: Pegmatreta

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

See also Bengtson 1992, Landing et al. 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acrotreta, Acrotretinae, Amictocracens, Anabolotreta, Anelotreta, Angulotreta, Aphelotreta, Apsotreta, Araktina, Biernatinae, Brachaktassia, Canthylotreta, Conotreta, Cyrtonotreta, Dactylotreta, Dicondylotreta, Ditreta, Eohadrotreta, Eurytreta, Fascicoma, Genetreta, Hisingerella, Homotreta, Iberotreta, Kostjubella, Kotylotreta, Kuangshanotreta, Lensotreta, Linnarssonella, Linnarssoniinae, Longipegma, Neotreta, Olentotreta, Opisthotreta, Ottenbyella, Physotreta, Picnotreta, Prototreta, Quadrisonia, Rhondellina, Satpakella, Scaphelasmatinae, Semitreta, Spondylotreta, Stilpnotreta, Tapuritreta, Torynelasmatinae, Treptotreta, Vandalotreta

Subtaxa: Linnarssonia captiosa Linnarssonia constans Linnarssonia ophirensis Linnarssonia taconica Linnarssonia transversa Pegmatreta arellanoi Pegmatreta rara

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (5 collections), Canada (5: British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), Denmark (1), Greenland (5), Kazakhstan (41), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (6), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Montana, Nevada, New York, Utah, Vermont)

• Amgan of Kazakhstan (6)

• Delamaran of Mexico (2)

Total: 88 collections including 116 occurrences

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