Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Ischyriniidae
Alternative spelling: Ischyrina
Full reference: E. Billings. 1866. Catalogues of the Silurian fossils of the Island of Anticosti, with descriptions of some new genera and species 1-93
Parent taxon: Ischyriniidae according to J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar 1976
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Twenhofel 1928
Sister taxa: Anisotechnophorus, Beukeria, Eoischyrinia, Pauropegma, Pseudotechnophorus, Tolmachovia
Subtaxa: Ischyrinia norvegica Ischyrinia viator Ischyrinia winchelli
Type: Ischyrinia winchelli
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Quebec collections), the Netherlands (1), Norway (1)
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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