Kellerella Nikitin et al. 1996 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida

Full reference: I.F. Nikitin, L.E. Popov, and L.E. Holmer. 1996. Late Ordovician brachiopod assemblage of Hiberno-Salairian type from central Kazakhstan. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 118(2):83-96

Parent taxon: Meristelloidea according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Nikitin et al. 1996 and Popov et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Meristellidae, Meristidae, Triathyrididae

Subtaxa: Kellerella ditissima Kellerella misiusi

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Type: Kellerella ditissima

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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