†subfamily Institellinae Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Synonyms: Costellariinae Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960, Licharewiconchidae Kotlyar et al. 2004, Sinuatellidae Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960

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: Aulostegidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Kotlyar et al. 2004, Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Williams et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Agelesiinae, Aulosteginae, Chonosteginae, Ctenalosiinae, Echinosteginae, Edriosteginae, Gondolininae, Rhamnariinae, Taeniothaerinae

Subtaxa: Costellarina Craspedona Glyptosteges Institella Institina Licharewiconcha Polymorpharia Retroplexus Rugicostella Sinuatella

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Type: Institella

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Cambodia (1 collection), China (2), Japan (2), Laos (2), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (6), Thailand (3), United States (167: Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah)

• Carboniferous of India (1), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (15)

Total: 201 collections including 215 occurrences

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