Notorthisina notoconcha Havlicek and Branisa 1980 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Nanorthidae

Full reference: V. Havlicek and L. Branisa. 1980. Ordovician brachiopods of Bolivia: Succession of assemblages, climate control, affinity to Anglo-French and Bohemian provinces. Rozpravy Ceskoslovenske Akademie Ved. Rada Matematickych a Prirodnich Ved. Academia Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia 90(1):1-54

Belongs to Notorthisina according to E. Villas et al. 2009

See also Havlicek and Branisa 1980

Sister taxon: Notorthisina musculosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cieneguillas, near Guanacune, west slope of Yunchara Range, which is in a Tremadoc transition zone/lower shoreface shale/sandstone in the Tucumilla Formation of Bolivia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cieneguillas, near Guanacune, west slope of Yunchara Range

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