Scaphorthis aulacis Percival 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae

Full reference: I. G. Percival. 1979. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from Gunningbland, Central New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales 103:175-187

Belongs to Scaphorthis according to I. G. Percival 1979

Sister taxa: Scaphorthis perplexa, Scaphorthis sulcata, Scaphorthis virginiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is L049. Near 'Kurrajong Park', north of Gunningbland, which is in an Eastonian/Onnian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Goonumbla Volcanics Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at L049. Near 'Kurrajong Park', north of Gunningbland

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