Floweria pandora Billings 1860 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae

Alternative combinations: Eoschuchertella pandora, Orthothetes chemungensis pandora, Streptorhynchus chemungensis pandora, Streptorhynchus pandora

Full reference: E. Billings. 1860. On the Devonian fossils of Canada West. The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art 5(27):249-282

Belongs to Floweria according to A. L. Stigall Rode 2005

See also Billings 1860, Hall 1867, Hall and Clarke 1892 and Linsley 1994

Sister taxa: Floweria anomala, Floweria arctostriata, Floweria becraftensis, Floweria bellulus, Floweria chemungensis, Floweria cornucopia, Floweria crassa, Floweria deformis, Floweria iowensis, Floweria lirella, Floweria magnacicatrix, Floweria perversa, Floweria prava, Floweria pseudoelegans, Floweria transversalis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario collections), United States (4: New York)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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