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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