Productella (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Alternative spelling: Productus (Productella)

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

See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Sutton 1938 and Walcott 1884

Sister taxa: Chattertonia, Gigantella, Sinoproductella, Spinulicosta, Stelckia

Subtaxa: Productella (Hamlingella) Productella aplingtonensis Productella belanskii Productella coloradensis Productella depressa Productella dutertrii Productella fragaria Productella fragarina Productella harberti Productella nummularis Productella rugatula Productella sheffieldensis Productella subaculeata Productella sublaevis Productella thomasi Productus (Productella) hallanus Productus (Productella) speciosus Productus (Productella) truncatus

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (3: Alberta, Yukon collections), United States (9: California, Montana, Oklahoma, Utah)

• Givetian of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Missouri)

• Devonian of Afghanistan (15), Australia (2), Belgium (17), Brazil (1), Canada (15: Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), China (12), France (29), Germany (8), Iran (1), Morocco (1), Myanmar (2), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (8), Spain (1), Tajikistan (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (256: Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), Vietnam (1)

Total: 392 collections including 422 occurrences

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