Parachonetes (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophochonetidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eccentricosta, Pseudochonetes, Squamatina

Subtaxa: Parachonetes macrostriatus

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (6 collections), Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (12), Czechia (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (6), United States (8: Nevada), Vietnam (5)

Total: 45 collections including 51 occurrences

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