Heterorthina Bancroft 1928 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae

Parent taxon: Heterorthidae according to L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper 2015

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Arenorthis, Cacemia, Cilinella, Heterorthella, Heterorthis, Incorthis, Marionites, Svobodaina, Tafilaltia, Tarfaya, Tissintia

Subtaxa: Heterorthina cybele Heterorthina emacerata Heterorthina fairmountensis Heterorthina kerfornei Heterorthina macfarlani Heterorthina praeculta

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Type: Heterorthina praeculta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (2: Quebec collections)

• Dobrotivian of France (1), Portugal (11), Spain (11)

• Ordovician of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Iran (1), Latvia (1), Spain (4), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (38: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio), Venezuela (1)

Total: 83 collections including 84 occurrences

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