Lissocoelina Schuchert and Cooper 1931 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae

Parent taxon: Pentameridae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bisulcata, Brooksina, Capelliniella, Eokirkidium, Eopentamerus, Harpidium, Jolvia, Kirkidium, Nanukidium, Pentamerifera, Pentamerinae, Pentameroides, Pentameroidinae, Pentamerus, Rhipidium, Stenopentamerus, Twenhofelia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), Greenland (1), Kazakhstan (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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