Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Full reference: H. Muir-Wood and G. A. Cooper. 1960. Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda). Geological Society of America Memoir 81:1-447
Parent taxon: Retariini according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Antiquatonia, Brachiotesuquea, Kelamelia, Keokukia, Kutorginella, Marginoproductus, Pitakpaivania, Promarginifera, Svalbardoproductus, Thamnosia, Tubaria
Subtaxa: Retaria leplayi Retaria neoinflata Retaria robusta Retaria sullivanensis Retaria umbonata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (2 collections), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Yukon), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Ukraine (7), United States (27: Texas), Venezuela (5)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (4: Nevada, Texas)
Total: 55 collections including 57 occurrences
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