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, Mjoesina, Paromalomena, Pionomena, Pomeromena, Primotimena, Proboscisambon, Qianomena, Resupinsculpta
Subtaxa: Platymena amara Platymena bellatula Platymena plana Platymena tersa
Type: Platymena plana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Uhaku of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Chazyan of United States (2: Tennessee)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), China (1), Kazakhstan (3), the Russian Federation (10), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Oklahoma)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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