Orthotetes (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae

Alternative spelling: Orthothetes

Synonyms: Orthotetoides, Pseudoorthotetes

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

See also Clarke 1900, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith and Xu 1988

Sister taxa: Apsocalymma, Brochocarina, Derbyoides, Hipparionyx, Tapajotia, Werriea

Subtaxa: Orthotetes abruptus Orthotetes afanasjevae Orthotetes bisulcatus Orthotetes canadensis Orthotetes guppyi Orthotetes huagongensis Orthotetes jugorica Orthotetes kaskaskiensis Orthotetes keokuk Orthotetes kraffti Orthotetes occidentalis Orthotetes picta Orthotetes plana Orthotetes simensis Orthotetes sulcus Orthotetes sulensis Orthotetes trigonalis Orthothetes crenistria

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (14 collections), Bhutan (1), Canada (14: Yukon), China (9), India (1), Indonesia (2), Laos (1), Malaysia (2), Mongolia (6), Nepal (6), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (5: Texas, Wyoming)

• Namurian of Egypt (1)

• Carboniferous of Australia (20), Canada (3: Alberta, Yukon), China (5), Egypt (2), Germany (1), South Korea (1), Ukraine (1), United States (165: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)

• Devonian of Canada (2: New Brunswick, Quebec), Germany (2), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Alaska, Indiana)

• Silurian of Sweden (1), United States (1: New York)

Total: 276 collections including 284 occurrences

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