Nicolella strasburgensis Butts 1941 (lamp shell)

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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