Leioproductus (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Synonym: Bispinoproductus Stainbrook 1947

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

See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ardiviscus, Galeatella, Grandiproductella, Hunanoproductus, Kavesia, Magnumbonella, Mesoplica, Productelloides

Subtaxa: Leioproductus defessa Leioproductus pauperculus Leioproductus plicatus Leioproductus varispinosus

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (1 collection), United States (1: Colorado)

• Devonian of Canada (6: Alberta, British Columbia), China (2), Libya (2), Poland (2), United States (18: Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico)

Total: 32 collections including 48 occurrences

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