Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Alternative combinations: Clitambonites diversus, Orthisina diversa
Belongs to Vellamo according to O. Tinn 1998
See also Bradley 1930 and Jin and Zhan 2008
Sister taxa: Vellamo aenigma, Vellamo ambisulcata, Vellamo anijana, Vellamo defecta, Vellamo diconvexa, Vellamo emarginata, Vellamo grayiae, Vellamo leigeri, Vellamo magna, Vellamo mitra, Vellamo oandoensis, Vellamo parva, Vellamo phrygia, Vellamo praeemarginata, Vellamo putukuneiensis, Vellamo pyramidalis, Vellamo sauramoi, Vellamo shallockiense, Vellamo silurica, Vellamo simplex, Vellamo sinclairi, Vellamo sulcata, Vellamo sulculata, Vellamo summa, Vellamo symmetrica, Vellamo trentonensis, Vellamo typylica, Vellamo verneuili, Vellamo verneuilii, Vellamo wesenbergiensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (3: Québec collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (14: Quebec, Québec), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Missouri)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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