Acrosaccus Willard 1928 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Parent taxon: Discinidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Nikitin and Popov 1996 and Popov 2000

Sister taxa: Chynithele, Discradisca, Gigadiscina, Opatrilkiella, Orbiculoidea, Orbiculoideinae, Roemerella, Schizotreta

Subtaxa: Acrosaccus shuleri Acrosaccus squamosus

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (1), Kazakhstan (4), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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