Clorinda Barrande 1879 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae

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

See also Ameghino 1897, Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Temple 1987

Sister taxa: Antirhynchonella, Barrandina, Boucotides

Subtaxa: Clorinda armata Clorinda parvolinguifera Clorinda rotunda Clorinda superundata Clorinda tumidula

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Yukon collections), the Czech Republic (15), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (3), the Russian Federation (12), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (8)

• Whitwellian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)

• Jaani of Lithuania (2)

• Niagaran of Canada (2: Québec)

• Silurian of Afghanistan (1), Canada (59: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec, Yukon), the Czech Republic (5), Estonia (2), Iran (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (13), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (11), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (5), United States (23: Alaska, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, New York)

Total: 180 collections including 199 occurrences

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