Laticrura Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Linoporellidae

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

See also Hints 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright 1964

Sister taxa: Cycladigera, Elasmothyris, Leptoskelidion, Linoporella, Orthotropia, Salopia

Subtaxa: Laticrura erecta Laticrura heteropleura Laticrura inconstans Laticrura magna Laticrura pionodema Laticrura rostrata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada collection)

• Chazyan of United States (1: Tennessee)

• Ordovician of Belgium (7), Estonia (11), Ireland (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (18: Alaska, California, Virginia)

Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence

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