Heteralosia King 1938 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Alternative spelling: Strophalosia (Heteralosia)

Full reference: R. H. King. 1938. New Chonetidae and Productidae from Pennsylvanian and Permian strata of north-central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 12(3):257-279

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

See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960, Reed 1944 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Biplatyconcha, Coronalosia, Craspedalosia, Etherilosia, Leptalosia, Lialosia, Licharewiella, Liveringia, Sphenalosia, Strophalosia, Subtaeniothaerus, Tupelosia

Subtaxa: Heteralosia alexandrae Heteralosia beecheri Heteralosia complectens Heteralosia cornelliana Heteralosia cymbula Heteralosia fortispinosa Heteralosia haerens Heteralosia hystricula Heteralosia iphia Heteralosia magnispina Heteralosia mexicana Heteralosia orbiculata Heteralosia paucispinosa Heteralosia slocomi Heteralosia subelliptica Heteralosia tenuispina Heteralosia vidriensis Strophalosia (Heteralosia) sublamellata Strophalosia (Heteralosia) tenuispina

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Type: Heteralosia slocomi

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (6 collections), Indonesia (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (3), Pakistan (20), the Russian Federation (2), Thailand (5), United States (94: New Mexico, Texas, Utah)

• Carboniferous of United States (15: California, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada)

• Devonian of China (1), United States (11: Michigan, Missouri, Montana)

Total: 159 collections including 178 occurrences

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