Proconchidium (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Virgianidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Borealis, Deloprosopus, Holorhynchus, Paraconchidium, Prostricklandia, Tcherskidium, Virgiana, Virgianella, Viridita

Subtaxa: Proconchidium brodeurensis Proconchidium munsteri Proconchidium tchuilensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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