Liostrophia Cooper and Kindle 1936 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae

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

See also Mitchell 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anastrophia, Eoanastrophia, Eostrophina, Jolkinia, Maydenella, Parastrophina, Parastrophinella, Protanastrophia

Subtaxa: Liostrophia glabra Liostrophia pravula

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Type: Liostrophia glabra

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Kazakhstan (6), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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