Kutorgina Billings 1861 (lamp shell)

Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Kutorginidae

Alternative spelling: Obolella (Kutorgina)

Synonym: Rustella Walcott 1905

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

See also Bengtson 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Walcott 1905

Sister taxa: Agyrekia, Haupiria, Schuchertina

Subtaxa: Kutorgina catenata Kutorgina chengjiangensis Kutorgina cingulata Kutorgina perugata Kutorgina reticulata Kutorgina sardiniaensis Rustella edsoni

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (2 collections), Greenland (1), Kazakhstan (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (12: California, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington)

• Solvan of Australia (1)

• Delamaran of Canada (1: British Columbia)

• Waucoban of United States (1: Washington)

Total: 23 collections including 30 occurrences

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