Pustula (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Alternative spelling: Productus (Pustula)

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

See also Brunton and Champion 1974, Licharew 1937, Sepkoski 2002 and Sutton 1938

Sister taxa: Etheridgina, Scutepustula, Septarinia

Subtaxa: Productus (Pustula) cubanicus Productus (Pustula) gortani Productus (Pustula) vagansiformis Pustula arctifossa Pustula baicalensis Pustula gyroflexa Pustula inconspicua Pustula morbilliana Pustula pertenuis Pustula pusilla Pustula pustulosa

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of India (1 collection)

• Permian to Triassic of India (1)

• Permian of China (1), Laos (1), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (16), United States (13: Alaska, Texas)

• Carboniferous to Permian of Laos (1)

• Carboniferous of Australia (18), Canada (8: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (3), Ireland (3), Libya (1), the United Kingdom (31), United States (28: Alaska, California, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas)

Total: 128 collections including 184 occurrences

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