Lepismatina Wang 1955 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Lepismatinidae

Synonym: Costispiriferina Dagys 1974

Parent taxon: Lepismatininae according to Z. Guo et al. 2019

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Altoplicatella, Pseudolepismatina, Tianjunospina

Subtaxa: Costispiriferina asiatica Costispiriferina manca Costispiriferina pittensis Costispiriferina terekhovi Costispiriferina viligensis Lepismatina arctica Lepismatina hsui Lepismatina inusitata Lepismatina lenaensis Lepismatina lilangensis Lepismatina mansfieldi Lepismatina qilianensis Lepismatina rara Lepismatina shalshalensis Lepismatina sinucosta

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (43), East Timor (1), Hungary (6), India (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (35), United States (6: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming), Yemen (4)

Total: 99 collections including 103 occurrences

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