†family Komiellidae Johnson and Blodgett 1993 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Komiellidae

Full reference: J. G. Johnson and R. B. Blodgett. 1993. Russian Devonian Brachiopod Genera Cyrtinoides and Komiella in North America. Journal of Paleontology 67(6):952-958

Parent taxon: Cyrtinoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Johnson and Blodgett 1993

Sister taxon: Cyrtinidae

Subtaxa: Komiella

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Type: Komiella

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (3: Alaska, Nevada collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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