†Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855 (lamp shell)
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Alternative combinations: Marginifera muricata, Marginifera muricatina, Productus (Marginifera) muricatus, Productus muricatus
Belongs to Desmoinesia according to R. D. Hoare 1960
See also Dunbar and Condra 1932, Girty 1903, Norwood and Pratten 1855 and Thomas 1923
Sister taxon: Desmoinesia nana
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: California collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (101: California, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah)
Total: 102 collections including 103 occurrences
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