Echinoconchus alternatus Norwood and Pratten 1855 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Alternative combinations: Productus alternatus, Pustula alternata

Synonyms: Productus gradatus Swallow 1863, Productus vittatus Hall 1858

Belongs to Echinoconchus according to A. H. Sutton 1938

See also Snider 1915 and Weller 1914

Sister taxa: Echinoconchus angustus, Echinoconchus biseriatus, Echinoconchus defensus, Echinoconchus elegans, Echinoconchus genevievensis, Echinoconchus macalaensis, Echinoconchus mapingensis, Echinoconchus pelliceus, Echinoconchus punctatus, Echinoconchus rodeoensis, Echinoconchus subsulcatus, Echinoconchus taimyrensis, Echinoconchus zapoteco

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (36: Alaska, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Montana)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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