Lissopleura Whitfield 1896 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

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

See also Savage and Goodwin 1998 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agarhyncha, Aratoechia, Astua, Cupularostrum, Hercotrema, Iberirhynchia, Kirkirhynchus, Macropotamorhynchus, Microsphaeridiorhynchus, Moorefieldella, Morphorhynchus, Myrmirhynx, Nasonirhynchia, Nekhoroshevia, Oligoptycherhynchus, Oxypleurorhynchia, Porthmorhynchus, Savagerhynchus, Sinotectirostrum, Stenorhynchia, Stenorhynchites, Sufetirhyncha, Tetratomia, Trigonirhynchia, Wilsoniella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lissopleura in the database

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