Plaesiomys bellistriatus Wang 1949 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae

Full reference: Y. Wang. 1949. Maquoketa Brachiopoda of Iowa. Geological Society of America Memoir 42:1-55

Belongs to Plaesiomys according to H. J. Howe 1988

See also Wang 1949

Sister taxa: Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) saxbyana, Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) solaris, Plaesiomys (Plaesiomys), Plaesiomys (Valcourea), Plaesiomys anticostiensis, Plaesiomys bellilamellosus, Plaesiomys carletona, Plaesiomys cutterensis, Plaesiomys fidelis, Plaesiomys idahoensis, Plaesiomys iphigenia, Plaesiomys multiplicata, Plaesiomys occidentalis, Plaesiomys porcata, Plaesiomys proavita, Plaesiomys rockymontana, Plaesiomys saxbiana, Plaesiomys subcircularis, Plaesiomys subquadratus

Type specimen: SUI 1820. Its type locality is Southeast quarter of Section 25, Auburn Township, which is in a Richmondian carbonate shale in the Brainard Formation of Iowa.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (8: Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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