Dielasma bovidens Morton 1836 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Alternative combinations: Beecheria bovidens, Terebratula bovidens

Belongs to Dielasma according to C. A. White 1874

See also Dunbar and Condra 1932, Hoare 1961 and Mudge et al. 1962

Sister taxa: Dielasma adamanteum, Dielasma ambiense, Dielasma angustaeformis, Dielasma antecedens, Dielasma anteplicatum, Dielasma anterolatum, Dielasma bakhense, Dielasma bellulum, Dielasma brevicostatum, Dielasma carinthiacum, Dielasma chapini, Dielasma compactum, Dielasma complanatus, Dielasma convexa, Dielasma cordatum, Dielasma curvatum, Dielasma dadanense, Dielasma diabloense, Dielasma dieneri, Dielasma dubium, Dielasma einori, Dielasma ellipsoideum, Dielasma ellipticum, Dielasma elongatum, Dielasma emarginatum, Dielasma expansum, Dielasma fabiforme, Dielasma floresi, Dielasma giganteum, Dielasma gillingense, Dielasma glabrum, Dielasma grabaui, Dielasma gracile, Dielasma grandi, Dielasma guttula, Dielasma hessense, Dielasma himalayana, Dielasma indentum, Dielasma itaitubense, Dielasma jisuense, Dielasma kirillowense, Dielasma labiatum, Dielasma liardensis, Dielasma ligonorum, Dielasma longisulcatum, Dielasma magniforaminiferum, Dielasma mapingense, Dielasma mapingensis, Dielasma microrhynchum, Dielasma millepunctatum, Dielasma minor, Dielasma moelleri, Dielasma nexile, Dielasma obesum, Dielasma orientalis, Dielasma ovoidale, Dielasma parmularis, Dielasma perangustum, Dielasma perplexum, Dielasma phosphoriense, Dielasma pictile, Dielasma planidorsatum, Dielasma plica, Dielasma prolongatum, Dielasma purdoni, Dielasma pygmaeum, Dielasma radiatum, Dielasma rectimarginatum, Dielasma redux, Dielasma rigbyi, Dielasma robustum, Dielasma rotundum, Dielasma scitulum, Dielasma shafterense, Dielasma spatulatum, Dielasma sphena, Dielasma stoschensis, Dielasma subcirculare, Dielasma subcylindricum, Dielasma subelongatum, Dielasma subelongatum, Dielasma sulcatum, Dielasma sultanense, Dielasma supracarbonicum, Dielasma toulai, Dielasma trimuense, Dielasma truncatum, Dielasma truncatum, Dielasma uniplicatum, Dielasma vesiculare, Dielasma vicinale, Dielasma virgoides, Dielasma zebratum, Dielasma zhijinense

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Bolivia (1 collection), China (1), the Russian Federation (8), United States (11: Alaska, Kansas, Texas)

• Virgilian of United States (6: Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)

• Desmoinesian of United States (5: Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania)

• Carboniferous of United States (12: Alaska, Kansas, New Mexico, New mexico, Texas)

Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence

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