Murinella Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Parent taxon: Furcitellinae according to K. G. Jakobsen et al. 2014

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

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

Subtaxa: Murinella biconvexa Murinella muralis Murinella partita Murinella walliensis

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Type: Murinella partita

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (4 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (7: Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)

• Llandeilo of the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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