Ismenia King 1850 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae

Full reference: W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society 1-253

Parent taxon: Gemmarculinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arenaciarcula, Choristothyris, Gemmarcula, Helvetella, Oblongarcula, Ruegenella

Subtaxa: Ismenia pectunculoides Ismenia perillustris Ismenia tricostata

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Greenland (1), Ukraine (1)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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