Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Alternative spelling: Orthis (Plectorthis)
Parent taxon: Plectorthidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Mitchell 1977, Owen and Harper 1982, Phleger 1933, Reed 1917, Sepkoski 2002, Walcott 1905 and Wright 1964
Sister taxa: Apollonorthis, Ashinaorthis, Atlantida, Corineorthis, Desmorthis, Doleroides, Hebertella, Irhirea, Lipanorthis, Mimella, Nanorthis, Oligorthis, Orthostrophiinae, Paterorthis, Platystrophiinae, Platystrophinae, Plectorthinae, Pseudomimella, Schizophorella, Severginella
Subtaxa: Orthis (Plectorthis) atava Orthis (Plectorthis) christianiae Orthis (Plectorthis) daunus Orthis (Plectorthis) desmopleura Orthis (Plectorthis) diablo Orthis (Plectorthis) doris Orthis (Plectorthis) hastingsensis Orthis (Plectorthis) iddingsi Orthis (Plectorthis) johannensis Orthis (Plectorthis) kayseri Orthis (Plectorthis) linnarssoni Orthis (Plectorthis) newtonensis Orthis (Plectorthis) pagoda Orthis (Plectorthis) papias Orthis (Plectorthis) retroflexa Orthis (Plectorthis) saltensis Orthis (Plectorthis) tullbergi Plectorthis altaicus Plectorthis australis Plectorthis burultasica Plectorthis cliefdenensis Plectorthis exfoliata Plectorthis licta Plectorthis magna Plectorthis mazourkaensis Plectorthis obesa Plectorthis patula Plectorthis perditosulcata Plectorthis plicatella Plectorthis ponderosa Plectorthis punctata Plectorthis scotica
Type: Orthis plicatella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (1 collection)
• Chazyan of United States (2: New York)
• Whiterockian of United States (8: California, Nevada, Oklahoma)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (7), Canada (21: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunvait, Ontario, Quebec), China (8), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (14), Morocco (1), Norway (6), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (12), United States (105: California, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Tremadoc of France (2)
Total: 194 collections including 219 occurrences
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