Joania Alvarez et al. 2008 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Parent taxon: Megathyrididae according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2017

See also Bitner et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Argyrotheca, Borellithyris, Bronnothyris, Megathiris, Phragmothyris

Subtaxa: Joania cordata Joania crenata Joania dertomutinensis Joania falunica Joania peyrerensis Joania ukrainica

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Spain (1)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (3), Czechia (3), Hungary (3), Iran (2), Italy (6), Poland (17), Romania (1)

• Oligocene of France (4), Germany (4), Iran (1)

• Eocene of Ukraine (1)

Total: 48 collections including 52 occurrences

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