Ptychomaletoechia Sartenaer 1961 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

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

See also Cooper and Dutro 1982, Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bathyrhyncha, Browneella, Dalerhynchus, Dushanirhynchia, Hemitoechia, Lenatoechia, Libyaerhynchus, Losvia, Luterella, Nymphorhynchia, Pampoecilorhynchus, Paurogastroderhynchus, Sartenaerus, Tabarhynchus, Yanetechia

Subtaxa: Ptychomaletoechia qabdoensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of China (2 collections)

• Devonian to Carboniferous of China (1)

• Devonian of Canada (3: Alberta), China (3), Germany (8), Iran (7), Morocco (1), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Nevada)

Total: 32 collections including 52 occurrences

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