Quadrithyris Havlicek 1957 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Xenomartiniidae

Alternative spelling: Delthyris (Quadrithyris)

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

See also Johnson 1970 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Quadrithyris minuens Quadrithyris vijaicus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), Austria (2), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (2), the Czech Republic (5), Germany (1), Italy (2), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (2), United States (8: Nevada)

• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1)

• Silurian of Estonia (2), Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 33 collections including 49 occurrences

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