Paromalomena Rong 1984 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae

Synonyms: Paromalomena (Shanomena) Cocks and Fortey 2002 [objective synonym], Shanomena Cocks and Fortey 2002 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Glyptomeninae according to L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper 2015

See also Rong et al. 2019, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Avdeevella, Buminomena, Bystromena, Glyptomena, Hesperinia, Linostrophomena, Mjoesina, Pionomena, Platymena, Pomeromena, Primotimena, Proboscisambon, Qianomena, Resupinsculpta

Subtaxa: Paromalomena inequistriata Paromalomena macmahoni Paromalomena zheni

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Argentina (3 collections), Australia (4), China (17), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (3), Kazakhstan (4), Latvia (5), Myanmar (1), Poland (2), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Maine)

Total: 43 collections including 44 occurrences

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