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 Dalmanella according to A. Williams 1963
Sister taxa: Dalmanella (Isorthis), Dalmanella (Wattsella), Dalmanella aluverensis, Dalmanella antisculpta, Dalmanella bassleri, Dalmanella cheesemani, Dalmanella cicatrica, Dalmanella costellata, Dalmanella cyclica, Dalmanella edgewoodensis, Dalmanella federata, Dalmanella fertilis, Dalmanella frechi, Dalmanella horderleyensis, Dalmanella humalaensis, Dalmanella kotyrzhalica, Dalmanella manitoulinensis, Dalmanella navis, Dalmanella parva, Dalmanella pectinoides, Dalmanella portranensis, Dalmanella rosensteinae, Dalmanella salopiensis, Dalmanella sculpta, Dalmanella sillimani, Dalmanella sillimani, Dalmanella subquadrata, Dalmanella sulcata, Dalmanella testudinaria, Dalmanella unguis, Dalmanella whittakeri
Type specimen: BB. 28960, a shell (Internal mould of conjoined valves). 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 (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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