Orbinaria Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: H. Muir-Wood and G. A. Cooper. 1960. Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda). Geological Society of America Memoir 81:1-447

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

See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carringtonia, Iniproductus, Planoproductus, Rugauris

Subtaxa: Orbinaria pyxidata

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Type: Productella pyxidata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (4: Idaho, Illinois, Montana)

• Devonian of Canada (1: Alberta), France (1), United States (12: Missouri)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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