Mimella Cooper 1930 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae

Synonym: Sonculina

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

See also Mitchell 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Apollonorthis, Ashinaorthis, Atlantida, Corineorthis, Desmorthis, Doleroides, Hebertella, Irhirea, Lipanorthis, Nanorthis, Oligorthis, Orthostrophiinae, Paterorthis, Platystrophiinae, Platystrophinae, Plectorthinae, Plectorthis, Pseudomimella, Schizophorella, Severginella

Subtaxa: Mimella borealis Mimella globosa Mimella globularis Mimella imperator Mimella nucleoidea Mimella vulgaris Mimella zhejiangensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of Canada (26: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (43: New York, Tennessee, Virginia)

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Virginia)

• Arenig of Argentina (2), China (22)

• Dawan of China (5)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (10), the Russian Federation (12), the United Kingdom (2), United States (74: Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 198 collections including 216 occurrences

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