Rhynchopora King 1865 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Rhynchopora abnormalis Rhynchopora angulatiplicata Rhynchopora arctica Rhynchopora australasica Rhynchopora beecheri Rhynchopora bicostata Rhynchopora complanata Rhynchopora culta Rhynchopora depressa Rhynchopora dossena Rhynchopora geinitziana Rhynchopora grandirostris Rhynchopora guadalupensis Rhynchopora hebetata Rhynchopora illinoisensis Rhynchopora inconstantis Rhynchopora kochi Rhynchopora lobjaensis Rhynchopora magna Rhynchopora magnicosta Rhynchopora matsumotoi Rhynchopora molina Rhynchopora nikitini Rhynchopora palumbula Rhynchopora patula Rhynchopora relegata Rhynchopora sansabensis Rhynchopora scorsa Rhynchopora solonensis Rhynchopora sphenoides Rhynchopora subtrigonalis Rhynchopora taylori Rhynchopora tchernyshae Rhynchopora tenera Rhynchopora tenuicostata Rhynchopora tripartita Rhynchopora variabilis Rhynchopora wynnei Rhynchopora zaljakensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (3 collections), Australia (2), Bolivia (5), Canada (18: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (7), Greenland (18), Japan (4), Laos (1), Malaysia (7), Mexico (18), Mongolia (1), Nepal (1), Pakistan (32), Peru (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (62), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Thailand (8), United States (174: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Namurian of Australia (1)

• Carboniferous to Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), Australia (8), Bolivia (1), Chile (1), Egypt (1), France (1), India (4), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (112: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)

• Devonian of Canada (1: Alberta), France (1), United States (20: Missouri, Ohio)

Total: 528 collections including 567 occurrences

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