Sowerbyites Teichert 1937 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae

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

See also Mitchell 1977, Percival et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Syndielasma

Subtaxa: Sowerbyites delicatus Sowerbyites gildersleevei Sowerbyites hami Sowerbyites hibernicus Sowerbyites isotes Sowerbyites lamellosus Sowerbyites medioseptatus Sowerbyites subnasutus Sowerbyites triseptatus Sowerbyites vesciseptus Sowerbyites wahringaensis

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Type: Sowerbyites medioseptatus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Arenig of China (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Australia (26), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the United Kingdom (1), United States (22: Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 51 collections including 52 occurrences

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