†Cyrtia exporrectus Wahlenberg 1818 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Alternative combinations: Anomites exporrectus, Cyrtia exporrecta
Belongs to Cyrtia according to J. Jin and B. D. E. Chatterton 1997
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974
Sister taxon: Cyrtia alatiformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jaani of Lithuania (4 collections)
• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec)
• Silurian of Afghanistan (1), Belarus (1), Estonia (2), Latvia (1), Lithuania (20), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (12), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (10: Indiana, Iowa, New York)
Total: 65 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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