Apheoorthis suecica Tjernvik 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Eoorthidae

Full reference: T. E. Tjernvik. 1956. On the Early Ordovician of Sweden stratigraphy and fauna. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 36(6):109-284

Belongs to Apheoorthis according to T. E. Tjernvik 1956

Sister taxa: Apheoorthis humboldtensis, Apheoorthis lineocostis, Apheoorthis melita, Apheoorthis ocha, Apheoorthis samensis, Apheoorthis submelita, Apheoorthis vicina

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hunneberg Group Limestone Biota, Vastergotland, which is in a Tremadocian/Floian deep subtidal shelf limestone in Sweden

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Sweden (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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