†Shlyginia Nikitin and Popov 1983 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Parent taxon: Leptellininae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Percival et al. 2001, Popov et al. 2000 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acculina, Bekkerella, Benignites, Dulankarella, Kajnaria, Kilbuchomena, Leptastichidia, Leptellina, Leptelloidea, Mabella, Reversella
Subtaxa: Shlyginia extraordinaria Shlyginia fragilis Shlyginia perplexa Shlyginia printhiensis Shlyginia rectangularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (5 collections), Kazakhstan (34)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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