†Institella Cooper 1942 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Parent taxon: Institellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Costellarina, Craspedona, Glyptosteges, Institina, Licharewiconcha, Polymorpharia, Retroplexus, Rugicostella, Sinuatella
Subtaxa: Institella gubleri Institella leonardensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Cambodia (1 collection), China (1), Japan (1), United States (74: Texas)
Total: 77 collections each including a single occurrence
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