†Xysila Copper 1995 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Protozygidae
Full reference: P. Copper. 1995. Five new genera of Late Ordovician - Early Silurian brachiopods from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada. Journal of Paleontology 69(5):846-861
Parent taxon: Protozygidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Copper 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Manespira, Protozyga
Subtaxa: Xysila anticostiana Xysila astaca Xysila mogoktaensis
Type: Xysila astaca
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Quebec collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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