Alternative spelling: Pleurocystis
Synonym: Dipleurocystis Jaekel 1918
Parent taxon: Pleurocystitinae according to C. D. Sumrall and J. Sprinkle 1995
See also Bather 1913, Regnell and Paul 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amecystis, Praepleurocystis, Pygecystis, Turgidacystis
Subtaxa: Pleurocystites anglicus Pleurocystites anticostiensis Pleurocystites beckeri Pleurocystites distans Pleurocystites filitextus Pleurocystites laevis Pleurocystites mitratus Pleurocystites squamosus Pleurocystites strimplei
Type: Amecystis laevis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (19: Ontario, Quebec collections), the United Kingdom (4), United States (28: Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma)
Total: 51 collections including 62 occurrences
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