Homoeospirella Amsden 1968 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae

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

See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Homoeospira, Pseudoparazyga, Rhyncholeptospira, Rhynchospirina, Trematospira

Subtaxa: Homoeospirella multicostata Homoeospirella subcircularis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)

• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Arkansas)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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