Dicoelospirifer (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC C-22187, Baillie-Hamilton Island (Silurian of Nunavut)

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