Rostranteris Gemmellaro 1899 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Alternative spelling: Notothyris (Rostranteris)

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1899. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Brachiopoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche Palermo 21:95-202

Parent taxon: Notothyrididae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Mansuy 1913 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alwynia, Chondronia, Cryptacanthiinae, Enallosia, Gefonia, Levinotothyris, Notothyrina, Notothyris, Pseudorostranteris, Timorina

Subtaxa: Rostranteris adrianense Rostranteris bachmutiensis Rostranteris charymdarensis Rostranteris exile Rostranteris gemmellaroi Rostranteris gibbosum Rostranteris guttula Rostranteris inflatum Rostranteris jakovlevi Rostranteris mediterraneum Rostranteris merriami Rostranteris mongoliensis Rostranteris ovaleformis Rostranteris ptychiventria Rostranteris pulchrum Rostranteris sinuatum Rostranteris sulcatum Rostranteris trispinus

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (2 collections), China (11), Croatia (1), India (1), Iran (6), Italy (7), Japan (1), Laos (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (6), the Russian Federation (4), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (1), Tunisia (5), Ukraine (30), United States (6: Nevada, Oregon)

Total: 87 collections including 106 occurrences

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