Wilsoniella Khalfin 1939 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

Synonym: Wilsonia Kayser 1871 [replaced name]

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

See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Wilsoniella saffordi

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of China (2 collections)

• Silurian of United States (2: Indiana, Virginia)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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