Resserella Bancroft 1928 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Synonym: Parmorthis

Parent taxon: Resserellinae according to M. Rubel 2011

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Hints 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Dedzetina, Fascicostella, Fascizetina, Karlicium, Molongella, Parmorthina, Visbyella, Zlichopyramis

Subtaxa: Resserella (Howellites) Resserella basalis Resserella brownsportensis Resserella canalis Resserella diminutiva Resserella elegantula Resserella impensa Resserella matutina Resserella pirguensis Resserella praeclara Resserella sabrinae

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Type: Orthis canalis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (6 collections), Belarus (1), Canada (3: Yukon), China (1), the Czech Republic (7), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (1), Morocco (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (6), United States (1: Nevada)

• Jaani of Estonia (12), Lithuania (4)

• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec)

• Silurian of Australia (3), Belarus (3), Canada (22: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec, Yukon Territory), China (3), the Czech Republic (10), Estonia (4), Lithuania (28), Mexico (12), Norway (12), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (20), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (29), United States (117: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin), Venezuela (4)

• Ordovician of Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario), China (2), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (1), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: California, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, Virginia)

Total: 347 collections including 375 occurrences

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