Labechia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Labechiidae

Parent taxon: Labechiidae according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999

See also Bolton 1988, Percival et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Labechiella, Stratodictyon

Subtaxa: Labechia banksi Labechia conferta Labechia huronensis Labechia palliseri Labechia prima

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Type: Monticularia conferta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Alberta collections), China (1), the Czech Republic (9)

• Silurian of Canada (2: Manitoba, Quebec), China (1), the Russian Federation (15), Sweden (11), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (2)

• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (9: New York, Vermont)

• Ordovician of Australia (9), Canada (12: Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec), China (15), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (5), Norway (1), South Korea (1), United States (8: Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio)

Total: 108 collections including 123 occurrences

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