Reuschella Bancroft 1928 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Harknessellidae

Parent taxon: Harknessellidae according to L. Hints 2012

See also Hints 1975, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1964

Sister taxa: Harknessella, Haymina, Horderleyella, Isabelella, Kampella, Smeathenella

Subtaxa: Reuschella americana Reuschella herreraensis Reuschella horderleyensis Reuschella inexpectata Reuschella magna

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Norway (9 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Belgium (1), China (1), Czechia (1), Estonia (6), Ireland (1), Lithuania (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (45), United States (3: Virginia)

Total: 78 collections including 80 occurrences

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