Clarkella Walcott 1908 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clarkellidae

Full reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Brachiopoda: descriptions of new genera and species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(3):53-137

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthoglypha, Calliglypha, Diaphelasma, Fenxiangella, Parallelostrophia, Stichotrophia, Syntrophina, Syntrophinella, Yangtzeella

Subtaxa: Clarkella montanensis Clarkella testudo Clarkella turgida

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Type: Polytoechia montanensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Arenig of China (4 collections)

• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (3)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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