Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Alternative spelling: Camarella
Parent taxon: Camerellinae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Benedetto 2003, Mitchell 1977, Oraspold 1956, Raymond 1911, Reed 1917, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Bleshidium, Brevicamera, Idiostrophia, Karakulina, Kokomerena, Liricamera, Llanoella, Neostrophia, Perimecocoelia, Plectocamara, Plectosyntrophia, Psilocamerella, Rhynchocamara, Tuloja, Xizangostrophia
Subtaxa: Camarella longirostris Camerella arkansensis Camerella immatura Camerella mica Camerella minor Camerella minuta Camerella nuda Camerella peachi Camerella plicata Camerella varians Camerella ventricosa Camerella volborthi
Type: Camerella volborthi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), United States (4: Nevada)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Belarus (1), Canada (15: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), China (2), Estonia (2), Kazakhstan (2), Lithuania (4), Norway (5), the United Kingdom (5), United States (34: California, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia)
• Chazy of Canada (2: Quebec), United States (35: New York)
• Llandeilo of the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Whiterockian of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories), United States (2: Nevada)
• Cassinian of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Arenig of Bolivia (1)
• Arenigian of Argentina (3)
Total: 146 collections including 153 occurrences
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