Pleurothyrella (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Meganterididae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cloudella, Derbyina, Mendathyris, Mutationella, Neopaulinella, Podolella, Prorensselaeria, Scaphiocoelia, Xana

Subtaxa: Pleurothyrella knodi

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Antarctica (5 collections), Argentina (1), Bolivia (3), Guinea-Bissau (1), New Zealand (4), South Africa (2)

Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences

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