Glassia Davidson 1881 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Glassiidae

Synonym: Cryptatrypa

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

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Karbous, Nanatrypa, Peratos, Trigonatrypa

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (1), Austria (1), Canada (8: Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (11), the Czech Republic (2), United States (2: Nevada)

• Jaani of Estonia (1)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Belarus (1), Canada (21: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (1), the Czech Republic (2), Lithuania (12), Mongolia (2), Norway (4), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (22), United States (3: California, Nevada)

Total: 97 collections including 104 occurrences

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