Glyptorthis Foerste 1914 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae

Alternative spellings: Hebertella (Glyptorthis), Orthis (Glyptorthis)

Parent taxon: Glyptorthidae according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017

See also Howe 1988, Ladd 1929, Mitchell 1977, Potter 1990, Reed 1945, Rõõmusoks 1964, Rubel 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000, Wright 1964, Wright and Stigall 2014 and Zuykov and Butts 2008

Sister taxa: Bassettella, Cinerorthis, Eridorthis, Lepidorthis, Lomatorthis, Parisorthis, Schalidomorthis, Spinorthis

Subtaxa: Glyptorthis alta Glyptorthis assimilis Glyptorthis balclatchiensis Glyptorthis balcletchiensis Glyptorthis bellarugosa Glyptorthis bellatula Glyptorthis cataclina Glyptorthis costellata Glyptorthis crenulata Glyptorthis crispa Glyptorthis crispata Glyptorthis daytonensis Glyptorthis equiconvexa Glyptorthis fausta Glyptorthis glaseri Glyptorthis glypta Glyptorthis imbrex Glyptorthis insculpta Glyptorthis irregularis Glyptorthis irrupta Glyptorthis maquoketensis Glyptorthis marilara Glyptorthis maritima Glyptorthis multicostellata Glyptorthis obesa Glyptorthis papillosa Glyptorthis plana Glyptorthis pulchra Glyptorthis rocklandensis Glyptorthis sarcina Glyptorthis senecta Glyptorthis splendens Glyptorthis squamata Glyptorthis subcircularis Glyptorthis sulcata Glyptorthis uncinata Glyptorthis uniformis Glyptorthis vidari Glyptorthis viriosa Orthis (Glyptorthis) transita

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Type: Orthis insculpta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jaani of Lithuania (1 collection)

• Silurian of Argentina (1), Canada (7: Ontario, Quebec), China (5), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (12), Iran (1), Lithuania (5), Norway (1), United States (1: Ohio)

• Dobrotivian of Spain (1)

• Whiterockian of United States (2: Nevada)

• Chazyan of Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Quebec), United States (6: Alabama, New York, Oklahoma)

• Arenig of Argentina (1), Bolivia (2)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (4: New Brunswick)

• Ordovician of Belgium (3), Canada (39: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), China (11), Estonia (15), France (1), Ireland (6), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (7), Norway (12), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (37), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (84), United States (222: Alabama, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia), Venezuela (1)

Total: 504 collections including 514 occurrences

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