†Nicolella strasburgensis Butts 1941 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae
Full reference: C. Butts. 1941. Geology of the Appalachian Valley in Virginia. Part II ' Fossil plates and explanations. Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin 52:1-271
Belongs to Nicolella according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Butts 1941, Cooper 1956 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Nicolella actoniae, Nicolella alliku, Nicolella crabbi, Nicolella oswaldi, Nicolella patens, Nicolella pterygoidea, Nicolella sylvatica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Power-house near limekiln, main quarries south, 180 yards west of Craighead Farm (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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