Sulcatospira (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae

Synonyms: Antizygospira, Kurzgunia Klenina 1984, Ovalospira , Taoqupospira

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

See also Popov et al. 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Antizygospira liquanensis Sulcatospira asiatica Sulcatospira dominanta Sulcatospira praecursor Sulcatospira prima

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of China (3 collections)

• Ordovician of China (29), Kazakhstan (9), Kyrgyzstan (1)

Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence

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