Kjerulfina Bancroft 1929 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Parent taxon: Rafinesquinidae according to C. R. Congreve et al. 2015

See also Cocks 2010, Mitchell 1977, Owen and Harper 1982, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Crassitestella, Kiaeromena, Kjaerina, Leptaeninae, Rafinesquininae, Scamnomena

Subtaxa: Kjerulfina broeggeri Kjerulfina foliovalve Kjerulfina limbata Kjerulfina polycyma Kjerulfina trigonalis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (3 collections), Ireland (1), Norway (10), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (9)

Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences

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