Siphonotreta (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Siphonotretida - Siphonotretidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthambonia, Acanthamboniinae, Alichovia, Celdobolus, Chilcatreta, Cyrbasiotreta, Eosiphonotreta, Helmersenia, Karnotreta, Mesotreta, Multispinula, Nushbiella, Oaxaquiatreta, Orbaspina, Schizambon, Schizamboninae, Siphonobolus, Siphonotretella

Subtaxa: Siphonotreta americana Siphonotreta curta Siphonotreta unguiculata

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Type: Crania unguiculata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection)

• Uhaku of Belarus (1)

• Chazyan of United States (1: Tennessee)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Alberta), Estonia (4), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Cambrian of the Czech Republic (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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