Leioclema Ulrich 1882 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae

Alternative spelling: Lioclema

Synonym: Thallostigma Hall 1883

Parent taxon: Heterotrypidae according to A. Ernst and C. F. Winkler Prins 2008

See also Bassler 1911, Bassler 1953, Boardman 1960, Bock 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Sharkova 1981 and Wyse Jackson 1996

Sister taxa: Asperopora, Atactopora, Dekayella, Dekayia, Eichwaldopora, Eridocampylus, Heterotrypa, Leptotrypa, Reptonoditrypa, Stigmatella

Subtaxa: Leioclema confertiporum Leioclema decipiens Leioclema dozierense Leioclema elasmaticum Leioclema indentata Leioclema micropora Leioclema muratae Leioclema nonakae Leioclema problema Leioclema shumardi Lioclema pushmatahensis Lioclema spineum Lioclema vetustum Thallostigma confertipora

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Japan (3 collections)

• Permian of China (1), Japan (2), United States (22: Alaska, California, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Carboniferous of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Oklahoma, Texas)

• Mississippian of United States (1: Alaska)

• Devonian of Belarus (2), China (3), the Czech Republic (5), Germany (9), Mongolia (1), Morocco (5), New Zealand (4), Poland (1), Spain (12), Ukraine (2), United States (21: Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio), Western Sahara (1)

• Niagaran of United States (1: New York)

• Silurian of Belarus (5), Canada (1: Ontario), China (1), Mongolia (3), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (20), United States (6: New York)

• Ordovician of China (1), Estonia (4), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 153 collections including 175 occurrences

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