Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Full reference: V. Jaanusson and M. G. Bassett. 1993. Orthambonites and related Ordovician brachiopod genera. Palaeontology 36(1):21-63
Parent taxon: Orthinae according to V. Jaanusson and M. G. Bassett 1993
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Krattorthis, Turanorthis
Subtaxa: Sivorthis ardmillanensis Sivorthis bellus Sivorthis calatravaensis Sivorthis eucharis Sivorthis filistera Sivorthis friendsvillensis Sivorthis minus Sivorthis minutus Sivorthis multicostellatus Sivorthis noctilio Sivorthis occidentalis Sivorthis precordillerana Sivorthis tenuicostatus
Type: Sivorthis filistera
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of Spain (1 collection)
• Whiterockian of United States (4: California, Nevada)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (4), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Alabama, California, Nevada, Utah, Virginia)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences
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