Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Alternative spelling: Arctireta
Synonym: Grumantia Ustritsky 1963
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1908. Notes and observations on Carboniferous fossils and semifossil shells brought home by members of the Peary expedition of 1905-1906. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(2):51-58
Parent taxon: Streptorhynchinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arcitreta, Bothrostegium, Chelononia, Drahanorhynchus, Kiangsiella, Notostrophia, Pseudostreptorhynchus, Streptorhynchus, Taimyropsis, Tropidelasma
Subtaxa: Arctitreta bapensis Arctitreta bioni Arctitreta costellata Arctitreta crassimurus Arctitreta intercalata Arctitreta kempei Arctitreta macrocardinalis Arctitreta pearyi Arctitreta peelensis Arctitreta pelicanensis Arctitreta percostata Arctitreta plicatilis Arctitreta triangularis
Type: Arctitreta pearyi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (43), Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (1), Greenland (18), India (2), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (2), Mongolia (8), Nepal (6), New Zealand (2), Oman (10), the Russian Federation (10), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), Thailand (1), United States (3: Alaska)
• Carboniferous of Iran (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 123 collections including 130 occurrences
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