Douvillina (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae

Parent taxon: Douvillininae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Douvillinaria, Douvillinoides

Subtaxa: Douvillina arcuata Douvillina area Douvillina contaderoensis Douvillina dutertrei Douvillina dutertrii Douvillina minuta Douvillina parviuscula Douvillina rectanguiata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (3 collections), Belgium (28), Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (1), France (21), Iran (2), Italy (2), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), United States (182: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), Vietnam (4), Western Sahara (2)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)

Total: 258 collections including 305 occurrences

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