Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae
Alternative combinations: Echinus aurantium, Sphaeronites aurantium
Belongs to Echinosphaerites according to M. Mergl and R. J. Prokop 2006
See also Regnéll 1945
Sister taxa: Echinosphaerites (Echinosphaerites), Echinosphaerites barrandei, Echinosphaerites concomitans, Echinosphaerites difformis, Echinosphaerites grandis, Echinosphaerites granulatus
Subtaxa: Echinosphaerites aurantium aurantium Echinosphaerites aurantium suecicus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Uhaku of Lithuania (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Latvia (2), Lithuania (3), Morocco (1), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (9), United States (19: Missouri, Oklahoma, Virginia)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
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