Trimerella Billings 1862 (lamp shell)

Craniata - Trimerellida - Trimerellidae

Synonyms: Machaerocolella Li and Han 1980, Prosoponella Li 1984

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

See also Jaanuson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Costitrimerella, Dinobolus, Eodinobolus, Fengzuella, Gasconsia, Gyroselenella, Monomerella, Obolellina, Ovidiella, Palaeotrimerella, Paradinobolus, Peritrimerella, Rhynobolus, Sinotrimerella, Yidurella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (18: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario), China (1), the Russian Federation (4), Sweden (4), United States (3: Iowa, Michigan)

• Niagaran of United States (2: Indiana, Ohio)

Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences

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