Chonetoidea Jones 1928 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae

Synonym: Sentolunia

Parent taxon: Aegiromenidae according to J. L. Benedetto 2012

See also Cocks 2010, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Opik 1933, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Aegiria, Aegiromena, Epelidoaegiria, Gatosella, Jonesea, Mezounia, Multiridgia, Nabiaoia, Sericoidea, Tenuimena

Subtaxa: Chonetoidea enbektenensis Chonetoidea homolensis Chonetoidea iduna Chonetoidea obliqua Chonetoidea radiatula

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Iran (1 collection)

• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Germany (1)

• Silurian of Canada (8: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3)

• Ordovician of Belgium (1), Canada (5: Quebec), China (4), the Czech Republic (3), Ireland (4), Kazakhstan (8), Morocco (2), Norway (12), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (65)

Total: 121 collections including 122 occurrences

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