Glossorthis Öpik 1930 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae

Alternative spelling: Orthis (Glossorthis)

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

See also Cocks and Zhan 1998, Rubel 1961 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Nicolorthis, Prantlina

Subtaxa: Glossorthis schmidti Glossorthis tacens

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Type: Glossorthis tacens

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Estonia (14 collections), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (11), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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