Aulacella (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ambonorthella, Clavodalejina, Dalejina, Discomyorthis, Mendacella, Peridalejina, Permorhipidomella, Pseudodicoelosia, Pseudomendacella, Rhipidomella, Stainbrookia, Strixella, Thiemella

Subtaxa: Aulacella elliptica Aulacella interlineata Aulacella manticula

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Morocco (1 collection), United States (6: Missouri, Tennessee)

• Givetian of France (2)

• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (5)

• Devonian of Afghanistan (5), Australia (10), Belgium (6), China (6), France (7), Germany (17), Morocco (1), Myanmar (2), Poland (7), the Russian Federation (6), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (7: Iowa, New Mexico, Ohio), Vietnam (4)

Total: 100 collections including 117 occurrences

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