Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Synonym: Salopinella
Parent taxon: Draboviinae according to M. Rubel 2011
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Boticium, Dalmanellopsis, Diorthelasma, Draborthis, Drabovia, Drabovinella, Eodiorthelasma, Fascifera, Hirnantia, Kinnella, Megasalopina, Nocturnellia, Oanduporella, Orthiella, Pionodema, Protomendacella, Sphenophragmus, Talentella, Tunariorthis
Subtaxa: Salopina boucoti Salopina brandi Salopina conservatrix Salopina delta Salopina horseshoensis Salopina lunata Salopina ordovicica Salopina pumila Salopina sanjuanensis Salopina submedia Salopina tubulata
Type: Orthis lunata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Argentina (4 collections), Australia (9), Bolivia (2), Canada (21: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (5), Germany (2), Poland (1), Ukraine (1), United States (4: Nevada, New York)
• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Morocco (3)
• Silurian of Argentina (4), Australia (12), Belarus (3), Canada (53: Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Québec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (7), the Czech Republic (4), Estonia (18), France (1), Iran (1), Ireland (3), Lithuania (14), Morocco (1), Norway (3), Poland (1), Spain (4), Sweden (4), Ukraine (7), the United Kingdom (52), United States (4: Nevada, New York)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (24: California)
Total: 282 collections including 294 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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