Onnizetina calapujensis Villas et al. 2015 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Full reference: E. Villas, J. Colmenar, and J. C. GutiƩrrez-Marco. 2015. Late Ordovician brachiopods from Peru and their palaeobiogeographical relationships. Palaeontology 52

Belongs to Onnizetina according to E. Villas et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CPI 6544, a valve (Internal mould of dorsal valve). Its type locality is Ticara Creek C1, which is in a Burrellian marine shale in the Calapuja Formation of Peru.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ticara Creek C1

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