Skenidioides operosa Johnson et al. 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae

Belongs to Skenidioides according to A. J. Boucot et al. 1988

See also Jin and Chatterton 1997

Sister taxa: Skenidioides acutum, Skenidioides anthonense, Skenidioides asteroideus, Skenidioides billingsi, Skenidioides costatus, Skenidioides craigensis, Skenidioides elongatus, Skenidioides greenhoughi, Skenidioides hymiri, Skenidioides kayseri, Skenidioides lewisii, Skenidioides multifarius, Skenidioides oklahomensis, Skenidioides paucicostatus, Skenidioides petrasi, Skenidioides pyramidalis, Skenidioides robertsensis, Skenidioides scoliodus, Skenidioides woodlandiensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whitwellian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories collections)

• Silurian of Canada (11: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), United States (1: California)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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