Isophragma Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae

Parent taxon: Taphrodontinae according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017

See also Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Bandaleta, Nanambonites, Taphrodonta, Uzunbulakia

Subtaxa: Isophragma extensum Isophragma orientale Isophragma parallelum Isophragma ponderosum Isophragma pseudoretroflexum Isophragma ricevillense Isophragma subabbreviatum

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Type: Isophragma ricevillense

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (3: Alabama, Tennessee collections)

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (6), the United Kingdom (9), United States (4: Nevada, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences

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