Attenuatella Stehli 1954 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358

Parent taxon: Ambocoeliinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ambocoelia, Biconvexiella, Bisinocoelia, Cruricella, Crurithyris, Cyrtinoides, Dicoelospirifer, Echinocoelia, Eoplicoplasia, Guangxiispirifer, Metaplasia, Ogilviecoelia, Orbicoelia, Paracrurithyris, Plicoplasia, Speciothyris, Spinoplasia, Swaicoelia

Subtaxa: Attenuatella altilis Attenuatella attenuata Attenuatella bandoi Attenuatella bisulcata Attenuatella incurvata Attenuatella mengi Attenuatella mepailensis Attenuatella multispinosa Attenuatella omolonensis Attenuatella paraincurvata Attenuatella piyasini Attenuatella stringocephaloides Attenuatella taimyrica Attenuatella texana Attenuatella xiujumqinqiensis

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Type: Attenuatella texana

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (12 collections), Canada (3: Yukon), China (18), Japan (4), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (16), Pakistan (3), the Russian Federation (11), Thailand (3), United States (3: Alaska, Texas)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Yukon)

Total: 78 collections including 79 occurrences

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