Kullervo ornata Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Gonambonitidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Kullervo according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Kullervo aluverensis, Kullervo complectens, Kullervo grandis, Kullervo intacta, Kullervo lacunata, Kullervo panderi, Kullervo parva, Kullervo sulcata

Type specimen: USNM 110150a, a shell. Its type locality is Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville, which is in an Ashbyan reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville

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