Cyrolexis Grant 1965 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Psilocamaridae

Synonyms: Zhejiangella Liang 1982, Zhejiangellina Liang 1990

Full reference: R. E. Grant. 1965. The brachiopod superfamily Stenoscismatacea. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 148(2):1-192

Parent taxon: Zhejiangellinae according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Grant 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Shen et al. 2003, Shen and Shi 2007 and Williams et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Camarophorinella, Ussuricamara

Subtaxa: Cyrolexis beccojectus Cyrolexis enneaplicata Cyrolexis grabaui Cyrolexis haquei Cyrolexis netschajevi Cyrolexis nonakai Cyrolexis octoplicata Cyrolexis superstes Cyrolexis ussuricum Cyrolexis waageni Cyrolexis zhangi Cyrolexis zhongliangshanensis

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Type: Cyrolexis haquei

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Kazakhstan (1 collection)

• Permian of China (15), Iran (1), Japan (1), Pakistan (15), the Russian Federation (7), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 41 collections including 57 occurrences

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