Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Alternative spelling: Halysites (Cystihalysites)
Parent taxon: Halysitinae according to J. W. Murray 1985
See also McAllister 1974 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthohalysites, Falsicatenipora, Halysites, Hexismia, Schedohalysites, Solenihalysites, Spumaeolites
Subtaxa: Cystihalysites deplanatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Silurian of Belarus (2 collections), Canada (19: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), the Russian Federation (11), Sweden (6), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Alaska, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (1)
Total: 50 collections including 55 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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