Clistocrinus Kirk 1937 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Lageniocrinidae

Synonym: Clithrocrinus Kirk 1937 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Lageniocrinidae according to Yu. A. Arendt 1981

See also Arendt 1970, Sepkoski 2002 and Ubaghs et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Atremacrinus, Dichostreblocrinus, Lageniocrinus, Neolageniocrinus

Subtaxa: Clistocrinus concinnus Clistocrinus pyriformis

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Type: Clistocrinus pyriformis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shakh-Tau Shikhan quarry, Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan (Permian of Russian Federation)

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