Katastrophomena Cocks 1968 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Parent taxon: Furcitellinae according to M. Rubel 2011

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Cocks 1968, Cocks 2005, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Musteikis and Cocks 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Villas and Cocks 1996 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Bajanhongorella, Bekkerina, Biparetis, Crassoseptaria, Cyphomenoidea, Dactylogonia, Dzhebaglina, Furcitella, Geniculina, Geniculomena, Haljalanites, Karomena, Kirkina, Laevicyphomena, Luhaia, Maakina, Mansina, Megamyonia, Molongcola, Murinella, Oepikina, Oslomena, Panderites, Pentlandina, Quondongia, Sakunites, Tallinnites, Teratelasmella, Titanomena, Transridgeia, Trigrammaria, Trotlandella

Subtaxa: Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena) Katastrophomena (Katastrophomena) Katastrophomena admiratio Katastrophomena agrestis Katastrophomena antiquata Katastrophomena catalorni Katastrophomena dolhirensis Katastrophomena mackenzii Katastrophomena maxima Katastrophomena modesta Katastrophomena parvicardinis Katastrophomena penkillensis Katastrophomena radiireticulata Katastrophomena scabrosa Katastrophomena scotica Katastrophomena woodlandensis Katastrophomena zheganensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jaani of Estonia (3 collections)

• Silurian of Canada (13: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (18), Estonia (15), Iran (1), Norway (17), Spain (1), Sweden (18), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (51)

• Ordovician of Belgium (9), Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Yukon), Norway (3), Spain (1), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (16)

Total: 173 collections including 178 occurrences

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