Atrypoidea Mitchell and Dun 1920 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae

Synonyms: Atrypella, Globatrypa , Lingatrypa

Parent taxon: Septatrypinae according to P. Musteikis and T. L. Modzalevskaya 2002

See also Jin and Chatterton 1997, Kirk and Amsden 1952, Savage 1989, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Becscia, Cerberatrypa, Cromatrypa, Septatrypa

Subtaxa: Atrypella borealis Atrypella scheii Atrypella tenuis Atrypoidea (Lissatrypella) Atrypoidea australis Atrypoidea linguata Atrypoidea praelingulata Atrypoidea prunum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (2), United States (1: Alaska)

• Silurian of Australia (14), Belarus (1), Canada (55: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (15), the Czech Republic (19), Estonia (8), Greenland (2), Kazakhstan (1), Latvia (2), Lithuania (17), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (28), Sweden (1), Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (8), United States (21: Alaska, California, Iowa, Nevada)

Total: 200 collections including 257 occurrences

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