†Fascifera carrickensis Reed 1917 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Alternative combination: Hemipronites carrickensis
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1917. The Ordovician and Silurian Brachiopoda of the Girvan District. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51(4):795-998
Belongs to Fascifera according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Reed 1917 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Fascifera stonensis, Fascifera subcarinata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Main quarries WNW of Craighead Farm, 3 miles from Girvan on Maybole Rd. (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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