Mesopholidostrophia Williams 1950 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae

Synonyms: Lissostrophia (Mesolissostrophia), Mesolissostrophia

Parent taxon: Eopholidostrophiidae according to M. Rubel 2011

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Musteikis and Cocks 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxon: Eopholidostrophia

Subtaxa: Mesopholidostrophia fletcheri Mesopholidostrophia laevigata Mesopholidostrophia nitens Mesopholidostrophia salopiensis Mesopholidostrophia sifae

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Type: Pholidostrophia (Mesopholidostrophia) nitens

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (1: Nevada)

• Jaani of Estonia (3), Lithuania (3)

• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec)

• Silurian of Canada (6: Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Québec), China (1), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (2), Ireland (1), Lithuania (12), Mexico (2), Spain (1), Sweden (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (21)

Total: 61 collections including 62 occurrences

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