Eumetria (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Retziidae

Alternative spelling: Retzia (Eumetria)

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

See also Rothpletz 1892 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acambona, Retzia

Subtaxa: Eumetria iowensis Eumetria lata Eumetria pitkinensis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Australia (4 collections), Canada (22: Alberta, Northwest Territories), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), United States (157: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, Wyoming)

• Devonian of United States (3: Colorado, Iowa, Montana, and Wyoming)

Total: 188 collections including 204 occurrences

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