Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis Wahlenberg 1818 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Alternative combinations: Anomites transversalis, Eoplectodonta transversalis, Plectambonites transversalis, Plectodonta transversalis, Sowerbyella transversalis, Ygera transversalis

Belongs to Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) according to M. Rubel 2011

See also Baliński 2012, Bassett and Cocks 1974, Cocks 1970, Havlicek 1967, Jones 1928 and Musteikis and Cocks 2004

Sister taxa: Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) abigailae, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) alternata, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) boucoti, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) conspicua, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) duplicata, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) duvalii, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) exceptionis, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) hudsonensis, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) jongensis, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) lenis, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) paucicostellata, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) penkillensis, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) rhombica, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) semirugata, Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) tenera

Type specimen: RMS Br 102394

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), Estonia (1), Sweden (8), the United Kingdom (2), United States (59: Indiana, New York)

Total: 71 collections each including a single occurrence

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