Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Alternative spelling: Reticularia (Squamularia)
Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1899. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Brachiopoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche Palermo 21:95-202
Parent taxon: Elythidae according to V. Verna and L. Angiolini 2011
See also Diener 1903, Sepkoski 2002, Shen et al. 2003 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Anomaloriinae, Elythinae, Martinothyridinae, Phricodothyridinae, Toryniferinae
Subtaxa: Squamularia dieneri Squamularia elegantuloides Squamularia marcouxi Squamularia postgrandis Squamularia pulcherrima Squamularia rotundata Squamularia suborbicularis Squamularia superba Squamularia umbonalis
Type: Squamularia rotundata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Austria (2 collections), Azerbaijan (1), China (47), Greece (1), India (1), Iran (8), Italy (2), Japan (1), Mongolia (1), Nepal (2), Oman (4), Pakistan (7), Slovenia (2), Thailand (1), Turkey (14), Ukraine (2), United States (17: Alaska, Arizona, California, Utah)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (7: Alaska, Oklahoma)
Total: 121 collections including 140 occurrences
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