Nanukidium Jones 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae

Synonym: Rossella Jones 1978 [replaced name]

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

See also Jones 1978, Jones 1979, Savage 1989 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bisulcata, Brooksina, Capelliniella, Eokirkidium, Eopentamerus, Harpidium, Jolvia, Kirkidium, Lissocoelina, Pentamerifera, Pentamerinae, Pentameroides, Pentameroidinae, Pentamerus, Rhipidium, Stenopentamerus, Twenhofelia

Subtaxa: Nanukidium arctica Nanukidium cunninghamensis

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Type: Rossella arctica

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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