Tyrganiella (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristidae

Synonym: Paramerista

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amerista, Aulidospira, Camarium, Dicamara, Dicamaropsis, Merista

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at I. mongolensis-Leptostrophia(Leptostrophiella) filosa-Striispirifer borisi Comm. (Silurian of Mongolia)

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