Onniella ostentata Williams 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Full reference: A. Williams. 1963. The Caradocian brachiopod faunas of the Bala District, Merionethshire. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 8(7):327-471

Belongs to Onniella according to A. Williams 1963

Sister taxa: Onniella acuta, Onniella argentea, Onniella bancrofti, Onniella broeggeri, Onniella flava, Onniella jonesi, Onniella kalvoya, Onniella longa, Onniella navis, Onniella pashkevichiusi, Onniella perplexa, Onniella plicata, Onniella rava, Onniella sturensis, Onniella tricapitata, Onniella trigona, Onniella tyersensis, Onniella yichangensis

Type specimen: BB.29030, a valve (Internal mould of brachial valve). Its type locality is Gelli-grin Group, Caradoc, Bala District, Merionethshire, which is in a Longvillian offshore mudstone/siltstone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (11 collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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