Mjoesina Spjeldnaes 1957 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae

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

See also Mitchell 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Avdeevella, Buminomena, Bystromena, Glyptomena, Hesperinia, Linostrophomena, Paromalomena, Pionomena, Platymena, Pomeromena, Primotimena, Proboscisambon, Qianomena, Resupinsculpta

Subtaxa: Mjoesina ceres Mjoesina mjoesensis Mjoesina moorei Mjoesina rugata

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Type: Rafinesquina mjoesensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Quebec collections), Estonia (3), Norway (9), the United Kingdom (6)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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