†Clarkella Walcott 1908 (lamp shell)
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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
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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