Eospirigerina Schuchert and Cooper 1930 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae

Synonyms: Neorhynchula, Zanclorhyncha

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

See also Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Villas and Cocks 1996

Sister taxa: Australispira, Hectoria, Neospirigerina, Pectenospira, Qilianotryma, Rhynchogilviella, Schachriomonia, Spirigerina, Sulcatospira

Subtaxa: Eospirigerina pennata Eospirigerina porkuniana Eospirigerina putilla Eospirigerina sulevi Eospirigerina tripartita Eospirigerina vetusta Eospirigerina yulangensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (6: Ontario, Quebec collections), China (11), Estonia (14), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (89), United States (6: Iowa, Missouri)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec), the Russian Federation (1)

• Ordovician of Belgium (7), Canada (27: Northwest Territories, Quebec, Yukon), China (15), Estonia (3), Kazakhstan (3), Latvia (2), Lithuania (1), Norway (12), the Russian Federation (6), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (3: Illinois, Missouri)

Total: 220 collections including 221 occurrences

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