Bisulcata Boucot and Johnson 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae

Alternative spellings: Bisculcata, Busulcata

Parent taxon: Pentameridae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Jin and Chatterton 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Brooksina, Capelliniella, Eokirkidium, Eopentamerus, Harpidium, Jolvia, Kirkidium, Lissocoelina, Nanukidium, Pentamerifera, Pentamerinae, Pentameroides, Pentameroidinae, Pentamerus, Rhipidium, Stenopentamerus, Twenhofelia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Kazakhstan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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