Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Synonym: Christianella
Parent taxon: Christianiidae according to L. R. Cocks 2010
See also Cocks 2005, Mitchell 1977, Popov et al. 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000 and Zhan and Jin 2005
Sister taxon: Nubialba
Subtaxa: Christiania aseptata Christiania bilobata Christiania dalarnensis Christiania egregia Christiania elongata Christiania hastata Christiania hollii Christiania holtedahli Christiania huanghuaensis Christiania magna Christiania nilssoni Christiania perrugata Christiania portlocki Christiania proclivis Christiania skolia Christiania subquadrata Christiania sulcata Christiania tenuicincta Christiania trentonensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Kazakhstan (1 collection)
• Uhaku of Sweden (4)
• Chazyan of United States (3: Alabama, Tennessee)
• Ordovician of Australia (3), Belgium (8), Canada (6: British Columbia, Newfoundland, Quebec), China (24), Estonia (3), Iran (1), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (37), Mongolia (1), Norway (16), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (16), the United Kingdom (38), United States (22: Alaska, Maine, New York, Virginia)
Total: 190 collections including 191 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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