Tilasia Holmer 1991 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Elkaniidae

Full reference: L. E. Holmer. 1991. The taxonomy and shell characteristics of a new elkaniid brachiopod from the Ashgill of Sweden. Palaeontology 34(1):195-204

Parent taxon: Elkaniidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Holmer 1993 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Broeggeria, Elkania, Elkanisca, Lamanskya, Monobolina, Plicarmus, Pseudodicellomus, Volborthia

Subtaxa: Tilasia rugosa

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Type: Tilasia rugosa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Sweden (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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