†Zygospiraella Nikiforova 1961 (lamp shell)
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Alternative spelling: Zygospirella
Synonym: Megumatrypa
Parent taxon: Protatrypinae according to B. G. Baarli et al. 2022
See also Copper 1982, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Dihelictera, Eiratrypa, Nottina, Procarinatina, Protatrypa
Subtaxa: Zygospiraella duboisi Zygospiraella venusta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (14: Ontario, Quebec, Québec collections), China (19), Estonia (22), Kazakhstan (5), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (11), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Québec)
Total: 76 collections including 80 occurrences
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