Schuchertella nevadaensis Merriam 1940 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1940. Devonian stratigraphy and paleontology of the Roberts Mountains Region, Nevada. Geological Society of America Special Papers 25:1-110

Belongs to Schuchertella according to J. G. Johnson 1970

See also Merriam 1940

Sister taxa: Schuchertella bassa, Schuchertella beyrichi, Schuchertella bowdenensis, Schuchertella cooperi, Schuchertella costatula, Schuchertella fernglenensis, Schuchertella fushuiensis, Schuchertella gelaohoensis, Schuchertella guizhouensis, Schuchertella haraganensis, Schuchertella humboldtensis, Schuchertella lens, Schuchertella luliangensis, Schuchertella magna, Schuchertella missouriensis, Schuchertella percha, Schuchertella probabilis, Schuchertella propinqua, Schuchertella quryatensis, Schuchertella radialis, Schuchertella resupinata, Schuchertella rubra, Schuchertella semiplana, Schuchertella shenshuensis, Schuchertella subvexa, Schuchertella tapina, Streptorhynchus (Schuchertella) asperulus, Streptorhynchus (Schuchertella) praeceps

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Schuchertella nevadaensis in the database

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