Rhynchotrema Hall 1860 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae

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

See also Macomber 1970, Mitchell 1977, Oraspold 1956, Rubel and Rozman 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Hiscobeccus, Otarorhyncha, Pleurocornu, Stegerhynchus, Stegocornu

Subtaxa: Rhynchotrema dentatum Rhynchotrema fringilla Rhynchotrema increbescens Rhynchotrema iowense Rhynchotrema nobilis Rhynchotrema nutrix Rhynchotrema oepiki Rhynchotrema parva Rhynchotrema parviseptatum Rhynchotrema perlamellosum Rhynchotrema plicata Rhynchotrema plicatum Rhynchotrema pulchellum Rhynchotrema seletensis Rhynchotrema tamarackensis

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Type: Atrypa increbescens

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Indonesia (1 collection)

• Silurian of Canada (5: Quebec, Québec), Estonia (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: New York)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)

• Ordovician of Australia (29), Belarus (2), Canada (73: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (7), Estonia (11), Kazakhstan (13), Lithuania (2), Norway (2), the United Kingdom (8), United States (227: Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Total: 388 collections including 421 occurrences

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