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
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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