Marionites Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae

Synonym: Marionella Bancroft 1928 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and H. M. Muir-Wood. 1951. Brachiopod homonyms. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:195-196

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

See also Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arenorthis, Cacemia, Cilinella, Heterorthella, Heterorthina, Heterorthis, Incorthis, Svobodaina, Tafilaltia, Tarfaya, Tissintia

Subtaxa: Marionites typus

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Type: Marionella typa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Czechia (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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